diff --git a/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs b/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs
index 04c359ef30d..c0f30171515 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/fs_try_exists.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ async fn try_exists() {
     assert_eq!(fs::try_exists(existing_path).await.unwrap(), true);
     assert_eq!(fs::try_exists(nonexisting_path).await.unwrap(), false);
 
-    // FreeBSD root user always has permission to stat.
     #[cfg(not(freebsd))]
     {
         let permission_denied_directory_path = dir.path().join("baz");