diff --git a/package/giflib/Config.in b/package/giflib/Config.in
index 70368dcc70..fc1f85d093 100644
--- a/package/giflib/Config.in
+++ b/package/giflib/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB
 	bool "giflib"
 	help
-	  giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. It is API and
-	  ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW
-	  compression algorithm was patented.
+	  giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib