diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 53b3f297b..c2944198d 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ ffmpeg_decode(Decoder &decoder, InputStream &input)
 	avformat_close_input(&format_context);
 }
 
-//no tag reading in ffmpeg, check if playable
 static bool
 ffmpeg_scan_stream(InputStream &is,
 		   const struct tag_handler *handler, void *handler_ctx)