diff --git a/storage/innobase/fil/fil0fil.cc b/storage/innobase/fil/fil0fil.cc
index 585ac9b767d..cefc5f57f14 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/fil/fil0fil.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/fil/fil0fil.cc
@@ -594,13 +594,7 @@ static bool fil_node_open_file(fil_node_t* node)
 		&& node == UT_LIST_GET_FIRST(space->chain)
 		&& srv_startup_is_before_trx_rollback_phase
 		&& !undo::Truncate::was_tablespace_truncated(space->id))) {
-		/* We do not know the size of the file yet. First we
-		open the file in the normal mode, no async I/O here,
-		for simplicity. Then do some checks, and close the
-		file again.  NOTE that we could not use the simple
-		file read function os_file_read() in Windows to read
-		from a file opened for async I/O! */
-
+		/* We do not know the size of the file yet. */
 retry:
 		node->handle = os_file_create(
 			innodb_data_file_key, node->name,