diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
index ee20fdacfd2..4f24d0a9ad0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ class PlayBook(object):
         # now with that data, handle contentional variable file imports!
         if play.vars_files and len(play.vars_files) > 0:
             rc = self._do_setup_step(play, play.vars_files)
-        #else: warn "You have a vars_files section but didn't state any vars files??
 
         # run all the top level tasks, these get run on every node
         for task in play.tasks():