diff --git a/gobject/gobject.c b/gobject/gobject.c
index 0f31c60da..5a42a1b86 100644
--- a/gobject/gobject.c
+++ b/gobject/gobject.c
@@ -613,9 +613,7 @@ g_object_base_class_finalize (GObjectClass *class)
 static void
 g_object_do_class_init (GObjectClass *class)
 {
-  /* read the comment about typedef struct CArray; on why not to change this quark */
   quark_closure_array = g_quark_from_static_string ("GObject-closure-array");
-
   quark_weak_notifies = g_quark_from_static_string ("GObject-weak-notifies");
   quark_weak_locations = g_quark_from_static_string ("GObject-weak-locations");
   quark_toggle_refs = g_quark_from_static_string ("GObject-toggle-references");
@@ -4801,24 +4799,6 @@ typedef struct {
   guint     n_closures;
   GClosure *closures[1]; /* flexible array */
 } CArray;
-/* don't change this structure without supplying an accessor for
- * watched closures, e.g.:
- * GSList* g_object_list_watched_closures (GObject *object)
- * {
- *   CArray *carray;
- *   g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_OBJECT (object), NULL);
- *   carray = g_object_get_data (object, "GObject-closure-array");
- *   if (carray)
- *     {
- *       GSList *slist = NULL;
- *       guint i;
- *       for (i = 0; i < carray->n_closures; i++)
- *         slist = g_slist_prepend (slist, carray->closures[i]);
- *       return slist;
- *     }
- *   return NULL;
- * }
- */
 
 static void
 object_remove_closure (gpointer  data,