diff --git a/libavcodec/mathops.h b/libavcodec/mathops.h
index 547bc1aa4f..d74bc1ed70 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mathops.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mathops.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MULH
-//gcc 3.4 creates an incredibly bloated mess out of this
-//#    define MULH(a,b) (((int64_t)(a) * (int64_t)(b))>>32)
-
 static av_always_inline int MULH(int a, int b){
     return ((int64_t)(a) * (int64_t)(b))>>32;
 }