diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c
index 8de1d833ee..be28f15d3f 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ monitor_subsys_database_init_one(
 				be->be_suffix, NULL );
 		}
 
-		/* Subordinates are not exposed as their own naming context */
 		if ( SLAP_GLUE_SUBORDINATE( be ) ) {
 			BackendDB *sup_be = select_backend( &be->be_nsuffix[ 0 ], 1 );
 			if ( sup_be == NULL ) {