diff --git a/src/gl-auth-command b/src/gl-auth-command
index 80fd393..bcd43b4 100755
--- a/src/gl-auth-command
+++ b/src/gl-auth-command
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use warnings;
 # input:        $1 is GL username, plus $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
 # output:
 # security:
-#     - currently, we just make some basic checks, copied from gitosis
 
 # robustness:
 
@@ -168,9 +167,8 @@ if ($ENV{SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND} =~ $CUSTOM_COMMANDS) {
 
 # side notes on detecting a normal git command: the pattern we check allows
 # old style as well as new style ("git-subcommand arg" or "git subcommand
-# arg"), just like gitosis does, although I'm not sure how necessary that is.
-# Currently, this is how git sends across the command (including the single
-# quotes):
+# arg").  Currently, this is how git sends across the command (including the
+# single quotes):
 #       git-receive-pack 'reponame.git'
 
 my ($verb, $repo) = ($ENV{SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND} =~ /^\s*(git\s+\S+|\S+)\s+'\/?(.*?)(?:\.git)?'/);
diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index 1d910db..f9b5786 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -389,9 +389,7 @@ close $compiled_fh or die "$ABRT close compiled-conf failed: $!\n";
 #       any new repos to be created?
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# modern gits allow cloning from an empty repo, so we just create it.  Gitosis
-# did not have that luxury, so it was forced to detect the first push and
-# create it then
+# modern gits allow cloning from an empty repo, so we just create it
 
 # but it turns out not everyone has "modern" gits :)
 my $git_version = `git --version`;
@@ -469,8 +467,7 @@ for my $repo (keys %repo_config) {
 #       handle gitweb and daemon
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# How you specify gitweb and daemon access is quite different from gitosis.  I
-# just assume you'll never have any *real* users called "gitweb" or "daemon"
+# I just assume you'll never have any *real* users called "gitweb" or "daemon"
 # :-)  These are now "pseduo users" -- giving them "R" access to a repo is all
 # you have to do