diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index e859d148aba9..4cbea34e6003 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ config RTC_DRV_RV3029_HWMON
 
 comment "Platform RTC drivers"
 
-# this 'CMOS' RTC driver is arch dependent because <asm-generic/rtc.h>
-# requires <asm/mc146818rtc.h> defining CMOS_READ/CMOS_WRITE, and a
+# this 'CMOS' RTC driver is arch dependent because it requires
+# <asm/mc146818rtc.h> defining CMOS_READ/CMOS_WRITE, and a
 # global rtc_lock ... it's not yet just another platform_device.
 
 config RTC_DRV_CMOS
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
index 903a82ae83f0..390172bac39b 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
@@ -772,9 +772,6 @@ cmos_do_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *ports, int rtc_irq)
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
 
-	/* FIXME:
-	 * <asm-generic/rtc.h> doesn't know 12-hour mode either.
-	 */
 	if (is_valid_irq(rtc_irq) && !(rtc_control & RTC_24H)) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "only 24-hr supported\n");
 		retval = -ENXIO;