diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
index 918aea1e8328..713fe6d1d362 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ const ControlList &PipelineHandler::properties(const Camera *camera) const
  * perform further validation and may rely on any custom field stored in its
  * custom CameraConfiguration derived class.
  *
- * When configuring the camera the pipeline handler shall associate a Stream
- * instance to each StreamConfiguration entry in the CameraConfiguration using
- * the StreamConfiguration::setStream() method.
- *
  * \context This function is called from the CameraManager thread.
  *
  * \return 0 on success or a negative error code otherwise