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diff --git a/lib/idx.h b/lib/idx.h
index 54ad5d81fe..483587eabb 100644
--- a/lib/idx.h
+++ b/lib/idx.h
@@ -56,26 +56,6 @@
      * Because 'size_t' is an unsigned type, and a signed type is better.
        See above.
 
-   Why not use 'ssize_t'?
-
-     * 'ptrdiff_t' is more portable; it is standardized by ISO C
-       whereas 'ssize_t' is standardized only by POSIX.
-
-     * 'ssize_t' is not required to be as wide as 'size_t', and some
-       now-obsolete POSIX platforms had 'size_t' wider than 'ssize_t'.
-
-     * Conversely, some now-obsolete platforms had 'ptrdiff_t' wider
-       than 'size_t', which can be a win and conforms to POSIX.
-
-   Won't this cause a problem with objects larger than PTRDIFF_MAX?
-
-     * Typical modern or large platforms do not allocate such objects,
-       so this is not much of a problem in practice; for example, you
-       can safely write 'idx_t len = strlen (s);'.  To port to older
-       small platforms where allocations larger than PTRDIFF_MAX could
-       in theory be a problem, you can use Gnulib's ialloc module, or
-       functions like ximalloc in Gnulib's xalloc module.
-
    Why not use 'ptrdiff_t' directly?
 
      * Maintainability: When reading and modifying code, it helps to know that