diff --git a/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx b/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx
index 562cf80e546c..08ac00634e5c 100644
--- a/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx
@@ -502,9 +502,6 @@ void SvFileStream::Open( const String& rFilename, StreamMode nOpenMode )
     eStreamMode = nOpenMode;
     eStreamMode &= ~STREAM_TRUNC; // don't truncat on reopen
 
-//    !!! NoOp: use ToAbs()
-//    !!! DirEntry aDirEntry( rFilename );
-//    !!! aFilename = aDirEntry.GetFull();
     aFilename = rFilename;
     rtl::OString aLocalFilename(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFilename, osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
 
diff --git a/tools/source/stream/strmwnt.cxx b/tools/source/stream/strmwnt.cxx
index a0e05bbc28c5..847b7a916eda 100644
--- a/tools/source/stream/strmwnt.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/stream/strmwnt.cxx
@@ -279,9 +279,6 @@ void SvFileStream::Open( const String& rFilename, StreamMode nMode )
     eStreamMode = nMode;
     eStreamMode &= ~STREAM_TRUNC; // don't truncate on reopen
 
-    //    !!! NoOp: Use ToAbs() otherwise
-    //    !!! DirEntry aDirEntry( rFilename );
-    //    !!! aFilename = aDirEntry.GetFull();
     aFilename = aParsedFilename;
     rtl::OString aFileNameA(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFilename, osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
     SetLastError( ERROR_SUCCESS );  // might be changed by Redirector