diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 73c16d9ac0..91a542adab 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ include /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/1/rules/gnome-get-source.mk
 
 GNOME_MODULE = gtk+
 
-# default LDFLAGS; these can be expanded with $(call flavor_get, )
 # currently fails in the cups gtkprint backend
 #LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,defs