diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index 7a4c009ddd6..df8626e6c3b 100755
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -404,10 +404,6 @@ PDO_CLASS_CONSTANT
 
 in order to minimise pollution of the global namespace in PHP.
 
-Note that the new Date class exists at this point purely to allow the core date
-extension to adhere to the above convention, although extended functionality
-is planned for the the class in the future.
-
 10. Date/time support
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