diff --git a/src/_pytest/main.py b/src/_pytest/main.py
index 24b29a16f..f6cb17091 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/main.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/main.py
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         metavar="nodeid_prefix",
         help="deselect item (via node id prefix) during collection (multi-allowed).",
     )
-    # when changing this to --conf-cut-dir, config.py Conftest.setinitial
-    # needs upgrading as well
     group.addoption(
         "--confcutdir",
         dest="confcutdir",