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diff --git a/src/code/symbol.lisp b/src/code/symbol.lisp
index a32c855..437e199 100644
--- a/src/code/symbol.lisp
+++ b/src/code/symbol.lisp
@@ -48,12 +48,19 @@
   symbol)
 
 ;;; Return the built-in hash value for SYMBOL.
-#!+(or x86 mips) ;; only backends for which a symbol-hash vop exists
+
+;;; only backends for which a SYMBOL-HASH vop exists.  In the past,
+;;; when the MIPS backend supported (or nearly did) a generational
+;;; (non-conservative) garbage collector, this read (OR X86 MIPS).
+;;; Having excised the vestigial support for GENGC, this now only
+;;; applies for the x86 port, but if someone were to rework the GENGC
+;;; support, this might change again.  -- CSR, 2002-08-26
+#!+x86 
 (defun symbol-hash (symbol)
   (symbol-hash symbol))
 
 ;;; Compute the hash value for SYMBOL.
-#!-(or x86 mips)
+#!-x86
 (defun symbol-hash (symbol)
   (%sxhash-simple-string (symbol-name symbol)))