diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4a57a9aa5c..70c9e41dcc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4372,12 +4372,6 @@ case "$toolchain" in
         esac
     ;;
     msvc)
-        # Check whether the current MSVC version needs the C99 converter.
-        # From MSVC 2013 (compiler major version 18) onwards, it does actually
-        # support enough of C99 to build ffmpeg. Default to the new
-        # behaviour if the regexp was unable to match anything, since this
-        # successfully parses the version number of existing supported
-        # versions that require the converter (MSVC 2010 and 2012).
         cl_major_ver=$(cl.exe 2>&1 | sed -n 's/.*Version \([[:digit:]]\{1,\}\)\..*/\1/p')
         if [ -z "$cl_major_ver" ] || [ $cl_major_ver -ge 18 ]; then
             cc_default="cl.exe"