diff --git a/lib/Basics/socket-utils.cpp b/lib/Basics/socket-utils.cpp
index 69be59356f..ac9d11ac03 100644
--- a/lib/Basics/socket-utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/Basics/socket-utils.cpp
@@ -51,19 +51,6 @@ int TRI_closesocket(TRI_socket_t s) {
     if (res != 0) {
       LOG_TOPIC(WARN, arangodb::Logger::FIXME) << "socket close error: " << WSAGetLastError();
     }
-    // We patch libev on Windows lightly to not really distinguish between
-    // socket handles and file descriptors, therefore, we do not have to do the
-    // following any more:
-    // if (s.fileDescriptor != -1) {
-    //   res = _close(s.fileDescriptor);
-    // "To close a file opened with _open_osfhandle, call _close."
-    // The underlying handle is also closed by a call to _close,
-    // so it is not necessary to call the Win32 function CloseHandle
-    // on the original handle.
-    // However, we do want to do the special shutdown/recv magic above
-    // because only then we can reuse the port quickly, which we want
-    // to do directly after a port test.
-    // }
   }
 #else
   if (s.fileDescriptor != TRI_INVALID_SOCKET) {