diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index fe46edeab2f6..4a71fcd3f036 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -83,16 +83,6 @@ check_filename(char *str, int len, __be32 err)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * START OF "GENERIC" DECODE ROUTINES.
- *   These may look a little ugly since they are imported from a "generic"
- * set of XDR encode/decode routines which are intended to be shared by
- * all of our NFSv4 implementations (OpenBSD, MacOS X...).
- *
- * If the pain of reading these is too great, it should be a straightforward
- * task to translate them into Linux-specific versions which are more
- * consistent with the style used in NFSv2/v3...
- */
 #define DECODE_HEAD				\
 	__be32 *p;				\
 	__be32 status
@@ -1489,20 +1479,7 @@ nfsd4_decode_compound(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp)
 
 	DECODE_TAIL;
 }
-/*
- * END OF "GENERIC" DECODE ROUTINES.
- */
 
-/*
- * START OF "GENERIC" ENCODE ROUTINES.
- *   These may look a little ugly since they are imported from a "generic"
- * set of XDR encode/decode routines which are intended to be shared by
- * all of our NFSv4 implementations (OpenBSD, MacOS X...).
- *
- * If the pain of reading these is too great, it should be a straightforward
- * task to translate them into Linux-specific versions which are more
- * consistent with the style used in NFSv2/v3...
- */
 #define WRITE32(n)               *p++ = htonl(n)
 #define WRITE64(n)               do {				\
 	*p++ = htonl((u32)((n) >> 32));				\
@@ -3252,10 +3229,6 @@ nfsd4_encode_replay(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, struct nfsd4_op *op)
 	ADJUST_ARGS();
 }
 
-/*
- * END OF "GENERIC" ENCODE ROUTINES.
- */
-
 int
 nfs4svc_encode_voidres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p, void *dummy)
 {