diff --git a/src/pkg/go/ast/walk.go b/src/pkg/go/ast/walk.go
index 181cfd1491a..66b1dc2499b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/go/ast/walk.go
+++ b/src/pkg/go/ast/walk.go
@@ -344,9 +344,6 @@ func Walk(v Visitor, node Node) {
 		}
 		Walk(v, n.Name)
 		walkDeclList(v, n.Decls)
-		for _, g := range n.Comments {
-			Walk(v, g)
-		}
 		// don't walk n.Comments - they have been
 		// visited already through the individual
 		// nodes