diff --git a/apps/files/templates/index.php b/apps/files/templates/index.php
index 245c7f142da..5e7ad41b0f0 100644
--- a/apps/files/templates/index.php
+++ b/apps/files/templates/index.php
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 					<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" id="max_upload"
 						   value="<?php p($_['uploadMaxFilesize']) ?>">
 					<?php endif;?>
-					<!-- Send the requesttoken, this is needed for older IE versions
-						 because they don't send the CSRF token via HTTP header in this case -->
 					<input type="hidden" class="max_human_file_size"
 						   value="(max <?php p($_['uploadMaxHumanFilesize']); ?>)">
 					<input type="hidden" name="dir" value="<?php p($_['dir']) ?>" id="dir">