diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
@@ -1014,8 +1014,6 @@
       .SetShowMembersOneLiner(false)
       .SetHideItemNames(false);
 
-  // FIXME because of a bug in the FormattersContainer we need to add a summary
-  // for both X* and const X* (<rdar://problem/12717717>)
   AddCXXSummary(
       cpp_category_sp, lldb_private::formatters::Char8StringSummaryProvider,
       "char8_t * summary provider", ConstString("char8_t *"), string_flags);