diff --git a/sys/sys/types.h b/sys/sys/types.h
index 3671924ca86..c731795913b 100644
--- a/sys/sys/types.h
+++ b/sys/sys/types.h
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ typedef	_BSD_TIMER_T_	timer_t;
  * manipulate such bit fields (the filesystem macros use chars).
  * FD_SETSIZE may be defined by the user, but the default here should
  * be enough for most uses.
- *
- * WARNING!  temporary masks are stored on the kernel stack, do not increase
- * this value past 2048 without fixing the issue in kern/sys_generic.c:select()
  */
 #ifndef	FD_SETSIZE
 #define	FD_SETSIZE	1024