diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 8b8be3e80d..0be9c42e0b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     case 0:
 
         /* Warning: in the child we should absolutely not make any
-           Berkeley DB calls! */
+           SQLite calls! */
 
         try { /* child */
 
diff --git a/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc b/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc
index 081b5b2fd9..ec5ca58aa0 100644
--- a/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc
+++ b/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc
@@ -712,9 +712,8 @@ static void daemonLoop()
     while (1) {
 
         try {
-            /* Important: the server process *cannot* open the
-               Berkeley DB environment, because it doesn't like forks
-               very much. */
+            /* Important: the server process *cannot* open the SQLite
+               database, because it doesn't like forks very much. */
             assert(!store);
             
             /* Accept a connection. */