diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.cpp
index 6514e37cb7..2364dbdf81 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ EntityMotionState::EntityMotionState(btCollisionShape* shape, EntityItemPointer
     _accelerationNearlyGravityCount(0),
     _numInactiveUpdates(1)
 {
-    // EntityMotionState keeps a SharedPointer to its EntityItem which is only set in the CTOR
     _type = MOTIONSTATE_TYPE_ENTITY;
     assert(_entity);
     assert(entityTreeIsLocked());
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ EntityMotionState::EntityMotionState(btCollisionShape* shape, EntityItemPointer
 
 EntityMotionState::~EntityMotionState() {
     if (_entity) {
-        // EntityMotionState keeps a SharedPointer to its EntityItem which is only cleared in the DTOR
         assert(_entity->getPhysicsInfo() == this);
         _entity->setPhysicsInfo(nullptr);
         _entity.reset();
diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.h b/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.h
index 43529871a8..9722fe0a7a 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.h
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/EntityMotionState.h
@@ -99,12 +99,8 @@ protected:
     void setShape(const btCollisionShape* shape) override;
     void setMotionType(PhysicsMotionType motionType) override;
 
-    // In the glorious future (when entities lib depends on physics lib) the EntityMotionState will be
-    // properly "owned" by the EntityItem and will be deleted by it in the dtor.  In pursuit of that
-    // state of affairs we can't keep a real EntityItemPointer as data member (it would produce a
-    // recursive dependency).  Instead we keep a EntityItemWeakPointer to break that dependency while
-    // still granting us the capability to generate EntityItemPointers as necessary (for external data
-    // structures that use the MotionState to get to the EntityItem).
+    // EntityMotionState keeps a SharedPointer to its EntityItem which is only set in the CTOR
+    // and is only cleared in the DTOR
     EntityItemPointer _entity;
 
     bool _serverVariablesSet { false };