diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/machine.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/machine.rs
index 827d8fd9417ce..9c110202fe0a5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/machine.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/machine.rs
@@ -347,8 +347,6 @@ pub trait Machine<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: Sized {
     /// allocation (because a copy had to be done to adjust things), machine memory will
     /// cache the result. (This relies on `AllocMap::get_or` being able to add the
     /// owned allocation to the map even when the map is shared.)
-    ///
-    /// This must only fail if `alloc` contains provenance.
     fn adjust_allocation<'b>(
         ecx: &InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, Self>,
         id: AllocId,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
index 9b1d9cf932bda..bd228122dbaef 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
         self.allocate_raw_ptr(alloc, kind)
     }
 
-    /// This can fail only if `alloc` contains provenance.
     pub fn allocate_raw_ptr(
         &mut self,
         alloc: Allocation,