diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index abfad85a..0b66fc47 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -311,8 +311,6 @@ impl KeyValueDatabase {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Load an existing database or create a new one, and initialize all
-    /// services with the loaded database.
     #[cfg_attr(
         not(any(feature = "rocksdb", feature = "sqlite")),
         allow(unreachable_code)