diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
index 514518660de..d42d959f56e 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
  */
 
 private import cpp
-// The `ValueNumbering` library has to be imported right after `cpp` to ensure
-// that the cached IR gets the same checksum here as it does in queries that use
-// `ValueNumbering` without `DataFlow`.
 private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.ValueNumbering
 private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.IR
 private import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.IRGuards