diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/json.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/json.rs
index 70c05925b50..0da93dcafa2 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/json.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/json.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //! These structs are a subset of the ones found in `rustc_errors::json`.
-//! They are only used for deserialization of JSON output provided by libtest.
 
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;