diff --git a/picard/ui/mainwindow.py b/picard/ui/mainwindow.py
index d97f221a2..64f72e022 100644
--- a/picard/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/picard/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -461,8 +461,6 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, PreserveGeometry):
             return hasattr(obj, 'keys') and hasattr(obj, '__getitem__')
 
         echo = kwargs.get('echo', log.debug)
-        # _ is defined using builtins.__dict__, so setting it as default named argument
-        # value doesn't work as expected
         translate = kwargs.get('translate', _)
         timeout = kwargs.get('timeout', 0)
         history = kwargs.get('history', log.history_info)