diff --git a/contrib/cctz-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/cctz-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c0b2f357b6..90e33dc9f62 100644
--- a/contrib/cctz-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/cctz-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if (NOT EXTERNAL_CCTZ_LIBRARY_FOUND OR NOT EXTERNAL_CCTZ_LIBRARY_WORKS)
 
         set(TZ_OBJS)
 
-        # each file/symlink in that dir (except of tab and localtime) store the info about timezone
+        # each file in that dir (except of tab and localtime) store the info about timezone
         execute_process(COMMAND
             bash -c "cd ${TZDIR} && find * -type f -and ! -name '*.tab' -and ! -name 'localtime' | sort | paste -sd ';'"
             OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE