diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index a1e35cc449..d50281839f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ build process and its dependencies, whereas Make uses Makefile format.")
                  (string-append "LDD = " (which "ldd")))
                 (("NAWK *=.*(n|g)awk")
                  (string-append "NAWK = " (which "gawk")))
-                ;; (("NAWK *=.*gawk")
-                ;;  (string-append "NAWK = " (which "gawk")))
                 (("XARGS *=.*xargs")
                  (string-append "XARGS = " (which "xargs")))
                 (("UNZIP *=.*unzip")