diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/xstat64.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/xstat64.c
index 07a62fd065..eadf637103 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/xstat64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/xstat64.c
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-/* these are #define'd in <sys/stat.h>, why #define them here? 
 #define STX_NORMAL      0x00
 #define STX_64          0x08
- */
+
 
 extern int statx (const char *pathname, struct stat64 *st, int len, int cmd);