diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index bbe5f0b5be0716..2af0ae0e145405 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ const win32 = {
     // This means that the user can use join to construct UNC paths from
     // a server name and a share name; for example:
     //   path.join('//server', 'share') -> '\\\\server\\share\\')
-    //var firstPart = paths[0];
     var needsReplace = true;
     var slashCount = 0;
     var code = firstPart.charCodeAt(0);