diff --git a/frontend/ui/inputevent.lua b/frontend/ui/inputevent.lua
index 8b836a506..41afe6b9a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/inputevent.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/inputevent.lua
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ Input = {
 
 function Input:init()
 	if util.isEmulated()==1 then
-		-- dummy call that will initialize SDL input handling
 		os.remove("emu_event")
 		os.execute("mkfifo emu_event")
 		input.open("emu_event")