diff --git a/R/utf8.R b/R/utf8.R
index 4579c765..c63c41bf 100644
--- a/R/utf8.R
+++ b/R/utf8.R
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ parseUTF8 <- function(file) {
     writeLines(lines, file)
   }
 
-  # keep the source locations within the file while parsing
   exprs <- try(parse(file, keep.source = FALSE, srcfile = src, encoding = enc))
   if (inherits(exprs, "try-error")) {
     stop("Error sourcing ", file)