diff --git a/coreutils/cmp.c b/coreutils/cmp.c
index d0fc662a5..6c8d27a99 100644
--- a/coreutils/cmp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cmp.c
@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ static FILE *cmp_xfopen_input(const char *filename)
 
 static const char fmt_eof[] = "cmp: EOF on %s\n";
 static const char fmt_differ[] = "%s %s differ: char %d, line %d\n";
-#if 0
-static const char fmt_l_opt[] = "%.0s%.0s%d %o %o\n";	/* SUSv3 format */
-#else
-static const char fmt_l_opt[] = "%.0s%.0s%d %3o %3o\n";	/* nicer gnu format */
-#endif
+// This fmt_l_opt uses gnu-isms.  SUSv3 would be "%.0s%.0s%d %o %o\n"
+static const char fmt_l_opt[] = "%.0s%.0s%d %3o %3o\n";
 
 static const char opt_chars[] = "sl";