diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index d272cca008..62136caee5 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -645,12 +645,6 @@ u200c=$(printf '\342\200\214')
 
 export _x05 _x35 LF u200c EMPTY_TREE EMPTY_BLOB ZERO_OID OID_REGEX
 
-# Each test should start with something like this, after copyright notices:
-#
-# test_description='Description of this test...
-# This test checks if command xyzzy does the right thing...
-# '
-# . ./test-lib.sh
 test "x$TERM" != "xdumb" && (
 		test -t 1 &&
 		tput bold >/dev/null 2>&1 &&