diff --git a/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs b/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs
index 2726ed4fd..82dd5da5c 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs
@@ -999,7 +999,6 @@ mod tests {
 	use types::view;
 	use types::views::BlockView;
 
-	// https://github.com/paritytech/parity-ethereum/issues/1840
 	#[test]
 	fn test_load_empty() {
 		let tempdir = TempDir::new("").unwrap();