diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp
index 55bdedd656..0d749b9379 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp
@@ -313,12 +313,8 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-    // VC2013 has trouble with template argument dependent lookup in
+    // MSVC has trouble with template argument dependent lookup in
     // namespace. Have to put the below functions in global namespace.
-    //
-    // However, gcc seems to behave the opposite, hence the conditional
-    // compilation  here.
-    //
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
     friend void Gui::intrusive_ptr_add_ref(LinkInfo *px);
     friend void Gui::intrusive_ptr_release(LinkInfo *px);
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.h b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.h
index 1d8f3e1b23..c61fb19420 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class LinkInfo;
 using LinkInfoPtr = boost::intrusive_ptr<LinkInfo>;
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
-// forward declaration to please VC 2013
+// forward declaration to please MSVC
 void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(Gui::LinkInfo *px);
 void intrusive_ptr_release(Gui::LinkInfo *px);
 #endif