diff --git a/package/iputils/iputils.mk b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
index 783ed9a0e7..a8f93488bb 100644
--- a/package/iputils/iputils.mk
+++ b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# The original upstream was forked to the github repository in 2014 to
-# pull fixes from other distribution and centralize the changes after
-# the upstream seemed to have gone dormant.  The fork contains the
-# latest changes including musl support, removing a libsysfs dependency
-# and IPv6 updates.
-# http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg279881.html
-
 IPUTILS_VERSION = 20231222
 IPUTILS_SITE = $(call github,iputils,iputils,$(IPUTILS_VERSION))
 IPUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, BSD-3-Clause