diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 1dcb10a44..ecd46dd49 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -623,8 +623,7 @@ The suggested workaround is to use:
 
 .fi
 .in
-This is fixed in later glibc versions and also does not occur on
-libc5 systems.
+This is fixed in later glibc versions.
 
 The IEEE 802.2/803.3 LLC handling could be considered as a bug.