diff --git a/src/xpra/client/gtk_base/gtk_client_window_base.py b/src/xpra/client/gtk_base/gtk_client_window_base.py
index c0c0a11cb3..789db14ea1 100644
--- a/src/xpra/client/gtk_base/gtk_client_window_base.py
+++ b/src/xpra/client/gtk_base/gtk_client_window_base.py
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ def set_shaded(self, shaded):
 
 
     def set_fullscreen(self, fullscreen):
-        #note: the "_fullscreen" flag is updated by the window-state-event, not here
         statelog("%s.set_fullscreen(%s)", self, fullscreen)
         if fullscreen:
             #we may need to temporarily remove the max-window-size restrictions