diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index e8dbf4c2eeaf4f..580d55f9fc0018 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ 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);