diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dbd7f6b8..5d8dae81 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	# Whether to have stack-protector is decided by dpkg-buildflags.
-	# So --disable-ssp here should be safe. See Bug#829498
 	dh_auto_configure
 
 override_dh_installchangelogs: