diff --git a/scripts/dts/edtlib.py b/scripts/dts/edtlib.py
index 08d6c6bd27f..e3442f6ab2d 100644
--- a/scripts/dts/edtlib.py
+++ b/scripts/dts/edtlib.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class EDT:
 
     def _init_devices(self):
         # Creates a list of devices (Device objects) from the DT nodes, in
-        # self.devices. 'dt' is the dtlib.DT instance for the device tree.
+        # self.devices
 
         # Maps dtlib.Node's to their corresponding Devices
         self._node2dev = {}