diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a.py
index cf6c6a912..bf70589ea 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a.py
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ META_HEADER_FORMAT = """
     numDataMaps: L
 """
 
-# According to Apple's spec, the dataMaps entries contain a dataOffset
-# that is documented as "Offset from the beginning of the data section
-# to the data for this tag". However, this is *not* the case with
-# the fonts that Apple ships pre-installed on MacOS X Yosemite 10.10.4,
-# and it also does not reflect how Apple's ftxdumperfuser tool is parsing
-# the 'meta' table (tested ftxdumperfuser build 330, FontToolbox.framework
-# build 187). Instead of what is claimed in the spec, the data maps contain
-# a dataOffset relative to the very beginning of the 'meta' table.
-# The dataOffset field of the 'meta' header apparently gets ignored.
 
 DATA_MAP_FORMAT = """
     > # big endian
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a_test.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a_test.py
index 91718acc2..6fd623609 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a_test.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_m_e_t_a_test.py
@@ -9,14 +9,7 @@ import unittest
 
 
 # From a real font on MacOS X, but substituted 'bild' tag by 'TEST',
-# and shortened the payload. Note that from the 'meta' spec, one would
-# expect that header.dataOffset is 0x0000001C (pointing to the beginning
-# of the data section) and that dataMap[0].dataOffset should be 0 (relative
-# to the beginning of the data section). However, in the fonts that Apple
-# ships on  MacOS X 10.10.4, dataMap[0].dataOffset is actually relative
-# to the beginning of the 'meta' table, i.e. 0x0000001C again. While the
-# following test data is invalid according to the 'meta' specification,
-# it is reflecting the 'meta' table structure in all Apple-supplied fonts.
+# and shortened the payload.
 META_DATA = deHexStr(
     "00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 01 "
     "54 45 53 54 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 04 CA FE BE EF")