diff --git a/stand/common/newvers.sh b/stand/common/newvers.sh
index 916fecb98334..369a1c7c76df 100755
--- a/stand/common/newvers.sh
+++ b/stand/common/newvers.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
 LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL
 u=${USER-root} h=${HOSTNAME-`hostname`} t=`date`
-#r=`head -n 6 $1 | tail -n 1 | awk -F: ' { print $1 } '`
 r=`awk -F: ' /^[0-9]\.[0-9]+:/ { print $1; exit }' $1`
 
 bootprog_info="FreeBSD/${3} ${2}, Revision ${r}\\n"