diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index 9294985d99c7..15b8b99c82f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gcc/releases/gcc-${version}/gcc-${version}.tar.xz";
-    /* sha256 = "0p71bij6bfhzyrs8676a8jmpjsfz392s2rg862sdnsk30jpacb43"; */
     sha256 = "0lxil8x0jjx7zbf90cy1rli650akaa6hpk8wk8s62vk2jbwnc60x";
   };