diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py b/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py
index 020a26e31cbe..a57938ba1d5b 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ def _get_tex_source(cls, tex, fontsize):
             r"\begin{document}",
             r"% The empty hbox ensures that a page is printed even for empty",
             r"% inputs, except when using psfrag which gets confused by it.",
-            r"% matplotlibbaselinemarker is used by dviread to detect the",
-            r"% last line's baseline.",
             rf"\fontsize{{{fontsize}}}{{{baselineskip}}}%",
             r"\ifdefined\psfrag\else\hbox{}\fi%",
             rf"{{{fontcmd} {tex}}}%",