diff --git a/library/network/http_client/src/spec/socket/net_http_client_request.e b/library/network/http_client/src/spec/socket/net_http_client_request.e
index 78abeeea..381d1322 100644
--- a/library/network/http_client/src/spec/socket/net_http_client_request.e
+++ b/library/network/http_client/src/spec/socket/net_http_client_request.e
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ feature -- Access
 				l_request_uri.append (l_query)
 			end
 
-				-- user agent header
-				-- User-Agent: eiffelhttpclient/0.1 .. and so on
-				-- Namen, Version und Kommentar
 			if {PLATFORM}.is_unix then
 				l_platform := "Unix"
 			else