diff --git a/include/cantera/base/config.h.in b/include/cantera/base/config.h.in
index afbf13b8d..db800e60a 100644
--- a/include/cantera/base/config.h.in
+++ b/include/cantera/base/config.h.in
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-//
-//  Run the 'preconfig' script to generate 'config.h' from this input file.
-//
 #ifndef CT_CONFIG_H
 #define CT_CONFIG_H