diff --git a/distro/base.scm b/distro/base.scm
index e799161512..98872a1670 100644
--- a/distro/base.scm
+++ b/distro/base.scm
@@ -356,10 +356,7 @@ The tools supplied with this package are:
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `())                      ; TODO: optional deps: SELinux, ACL, GMP
    (arguments
-    '(;; In the chroot, `./configure' thinks it's running as root.
-      #:configure-flags '("FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1")
-
-      ;; Perl is missing, and some tests are failing.
+    '(;; Perl is missing, and some tests are failing.
       #:tests? #f))
    (description
     "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU