diff --git a/hack/lib/version.sh b/hack/lib/version.sh
index 3d0646b1c59..8387144206d 100644
--- a/hack/lib/version.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/version.sh
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ kube::version::load_version_vars() {
 # Prints the value that needs to be passed to the -ldflags parameter of go build
 # in order to set the Kubernetes based on the git tree status.
 # IMPORTANT: if you update any of these, also update the lists in
-# pkg/version/def.bzl and hack/print-workspace-status.sh.
+# hack/print-workspace-status.sh.
 kube::version::ldflags() {
   kube::version::get_version_vars
 
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ kube::version::ldflags() {
   function add_ldflag() {
     local key=${1}
     local val=${2}
-    # If you update these, also update the list component-base/version/def.bzl.
     ldflags+=(
       "-X '${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version.${key}=${val}'"
       "-X '${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}/vendor/k8s.io/component-base/version.${key}=${val}'"
diff --git a/hack/print-workspace-status.sh b/hack/print-workspace-status.sh
index e4b024100da..647a352442d 100755
--- a/hack/print-workspace-status.sh
+++ b/hack/print-workspace-status.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ kube::version::get_version_vars
 # Stamped rules will be retriggered by changes to stable-status.txt, but not by
 # changes to volatile-status.txt.
 # IMPORTANT: the camelCase vars should match the lists in hack/lib/version.sh
-# and staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/version/def.bzl.
 cat <<EOF
 STABLE_BUILD_GIT_COMMIT ${KUBE_GIT_COMMIT-}
 STABLE_BUILD_SCM_STATUS ${KUBE_GIT_TREE_STATE-}