diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 815009c2..b3386481 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
 
   */
 
-  // restricts socket.io transport methods to JSONP-POLLING only
-  // which is needed for IE8 browsers with deactivated native XMLHTTP support
-  // see issue https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/958
-  // and https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/245#issuecomment-4013455
+  // restricts socket.io transport methods
 
   "socketTransportProtocols" : ['xhr-polling', 'jsonp-polling', 'htmlfile'],