diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/lxstat64.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/lxstat64.c
index 426b59443f..4741da0e52 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/lxstat64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/lxstat64.c
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-/* these are #define'd in <sys/stat.h> why #define them again?
 #define STX_LINK        0x01
 #define STX_64          0x08
- */
 
 extern int statx (const char *pathname, struct stat64 *st, int len, int cmd);