diff --git a/src/str.cpp b/src/str.cpp
index fb17f855..900bcd3c 100644
--- a/src/str.cpp
+++ b/src/str.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ object str_base::encode(object_cref encoding, object_cref errors) const
 }
 
 
-// XXX(bhy) Why not use extract<long> instead of Python C-API?
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
     #define _BOOST_PYTHON_ASLONG PyLong_AsLong
 #else