diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/account.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/account.py
index 2d2aa36677..4ab57b1e2d 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/account.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/account.py
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# NOTE: swift_conn
-# You'll see swift_conn passed around a few places in this file. This is the
-# source httplib connection of whatever it is attached to.
-#   It is used when early termination of reading from the connection should
-# happen, such as when a range request is satisfied but there's still more the
-# source connection would like to send. To prevent having to read all the data
-# that could be left, the source connection can be .close() and then reads
-# commence to empty out any buffers.
-#   These shenanigans are to ensure all related objects can be garbage
-# collected. We've seen objects hang around forever otherwise.
-
 from swift import gettext_ as _
 from urllib import unquote
 
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/container.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/container.py
index 2c38ba44c1..18febc4d2e 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/container.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/container.py
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# NOTE: swift_conn
-# You'll see swift_conn passed around a few places in this file. This is the
-# source httplib connection of whatever it is attached to.
-#   It is used when early termination of reading from the connection should
-# happen, such as when a range request is satisfied but there's still more the
-# source connection would like to send. To prevent having to read all the data
-# that could be left, the source connection can be .close() and then reads
-# commence to empty out any buffers.
-#   These shenanigans are to ensure all related objects can be garbage
-# collected. We've seen objects hang around forever otherwise.
-
 from swift import gettext_ as _
 from urllib import unquote
 
diff --git a/swift/proxy/server.py b/swift/proxy/server.py
index bcd0eb562c..6ee229a849 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/server.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/server.py
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# NOTE: swift_conn
-# You'll see swift_conn passed around a few places in this file. This is the
-# source httplib connection of whatever it is attached to.
-#   It is used when early termination of reading from the connection should
-# happen, such as when a range request is satisfied but there's still more the
-# source connection would like to send. To prevent having to read all the data
-# that could be left, the source connection can be .close() and then reads
-# commence to empty out any buffers.
-#   These shenanigans are to ensure all related objects can be garbage
-# collected. We've seen objects hang around forever otherwise.
-
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import socket