diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 6e4c7d3bdf..b7d296826f 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -7336,7 +7336,7 @@ def do_update_user_custom_profile_data_if_changed(
 
             if not created and field_value.value == str(field["value"]):
                 # If the field value isn't actually being changed to a different one,
-                # and always_notify is disabled, we have nothing to do here for this field.
+                # we have nothing to do here for this field.
                 # Note: field_value.value is a TextField() so we need to cast field['value']
                 # to a string for the comparison in this if.
                 continue
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_custom_profile_data.py b/zerver/tests/test_custom_profile_data.py
index f82fc51ab0..15e7ed2eb8 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_custom_profile_data.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_custom_profile_data.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class UpdateCustomProfileFieldTest(CustomProfileFieldTestCase):
 
         with mock.patch("zerver.lib.actions.notify_user_update_custom_profile_data") as mock_notify:
             # Attempting to "update" the field value, when it wouldn't actually change,
-            # if always_notify is disabled, shouldn't trigger notify.
+            # shouldn't trigger notify.
             do_update_user_custom_profile_data_if_changed(iago, data)
             mock_notify.assert_not_called()