diff --git a/code/sys/sys_unix.c b/code/sys/sys_unix.c
index f09db7b9..8610c2bc 100644
--- a/code/sys/sys_unix.c
+++ b/code/sys/sys_unix.c
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ Sys_Milliseconds
 */
 /* base time in seconds, that's our origin
    timeval:tv_sec is an int:
-   assuming this wraps every 0x7fffffff - ~68 years since the Epoch (1970) - we're safe till 2038
-   using unsigned long data type to work right with Sys_XTimeToSysTime */
+   assuming this wraps every 0x7fffffff - ~68 years since the Epoch (1970) - we're safe till 2038 */
 unsigned long sys_timeBase = 0;
 /* current time in ms, using sys_timeBase as origin
    NOTE: sys_timeBase*1000 + curtime -> ms since the Epoch