diff --git a/includes/database/database.inc b/includes/database/database.inc
index c77bcffbfb03e729d15386da7300b15cb61046c8..f7021bb9ecde20966a150708cff5580a31541b6f 100644
--- a/includes/database/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/database.inc
@@ -1426,9 +1426,6 @@ final public static function getLog($logging_key, $key = 'default') {
   /**
    * Gets the connection object for the specified database key and target.
    *
-   * Note: do not use the setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE) on the
-   * returned object because of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43139.
-   *
    * @param $target
    *   The database target name.
    * @param $key