diff --git a/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg b/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg
index 2b246ceb3..74d3e6a3f 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pytypemaps.swg
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 
 /* For output, we increase the reference object */
 %typemap(out,noblock=1)  PyObject * {
-  /* hello */
   $result = $1;
 %#if !($owner) 
   Py_XINCREF($result);