diff --git a/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in b/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in
index 6bfca5b529df90..1435610103626f 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in
+++ b/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
 @MODULE_RESOURCE_TRUE@resource resource.c
 @MODULE_SELECT_TRUE@select selectmodule.c
 @MODULE__SOCKET_TRUE@_socket socketmodule.c
-# AIX has shadow passwords, but does not provide getspent API
 @MODULE_SYSLOG_TRUE@syslog syslogmodule.c
 @MODULE_TERMIOS_TRUE@termios termios.c
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f2533a0867c8d4..325df16a5b8457 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7082,7 +7082,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([PY_STDLIB_MOD_SET_NA], [
 
 # stdlib not available
 dnl Modules that are not available on some platforms
-dnl AIX has shadow passwords, but access is not via getspent()
 dnl VxWorks does not provide crypt() function
 AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system],
   [AIX], [PY_STDLIB_MOD_SET_NA([_scproxy])],