diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 41289ad494..aa47fefd8a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@ decompression.")
              (modules '((guix build utils)))
              (snippet
               '(begin
-                 ;; Adjust the bundled gnulib to work with glibc 2.28.  See e.g.
-                 ;; "m4-gnulib-libio.patch".  This is a phase rather than patch
-                 ;; or snippet to work around <https://bugs.gnu.org/32347>.
                  (substitute* (find-files "lib" "\\.c$")
                    (("#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile")
                     "#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN"))