diff --git a/source/lex.tex b/source/lex.tex
index 8005b33374..289bbaf073 100644
--- a/source/lex.tex
+++ b/source/lex.tex
@@ -1149,10 +1149,6 @@
 \indextext{constant}%
 \indextext{literal!constant}%
 There are several kinds of literals.
-\begin{footnote}
-The term ``literal'' generally designates, in this
-document, those tokens that are called ``constants'' in C.
-\end{footnote}
 
 \begin{bnf}
 \nontermdef{literal}\br