diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs
index fc0424a6a4a5cf90c6b37c5aece7cb4e656a3cda..9e64cf50d1b9240365ee5035fa868b343a1e33a9 100644
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 {-
 
-NOTA BENE: Do NOT use ($) anywhere in this module! The type of ($) is
-slightly magical (it can return unlifted types), and it is wired in.
-But, it is also *defined* in this module, with a non-magical type.
-GHC gets terribly confused (and *hangs*) if you try to use ($) in this
-module, because it has different types in different scenarios.
-
-This is not a problem in general, because the type ($), being wired in, is not
-written out to the interface file, so importing files don't get confused.
-The problem is only if ($) is used here. So don't!
-
----------------------------------------------
-
 The overall structure of the GHC Prelude is a bit tricky.
 
   a) We want to avoid "orphan modules", i.e. ones with instance