diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index 879446ab9e..063319c8f5 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ typedef struct DriveInfo {
 
 #define MAX_IDE_DEVS	2
 #define MAX_SCSI_DEVS	7
-#define MAX_DRIVES 32
 
 extern QTAILQ_HEAD(drivelist, DriveInfo) drives;
 extern QTAILQ_HEAD(driveoptlist, DriveOpt) driveopts;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 7121cd0264..f8d3034ec8 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 static const char *data_dir;
 const char *bios_name = NULL;
-/* Note: drives_table[MAX_DRIVES] is a dummy block driver if none available
-   to store the VM snapshots */
 struct drivelist drives = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(drives);
 struct driveoptlist driveopts = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(driveopts);
 enum vga_retrace_method vga_retrace_method = VGA_RETRACE_DUMB;