diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatView.swift
index 03e567c7dd..51746766bd 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/NewChat/NewChatView.swift
@@ -859,8 +859,6 @@ enum ConnectTarget {
 func strConnectTarget(_ str: String) -> ConnectTarget? {
     let parsedMd = parseSimpleXMarkdown(str)
     let links = parsedMd?.filter { $0.format?.isSimplexLink ?? false } ?? []
-    // showText is set only for a link written as a markdown hyperlink, whose text is the whole
-    // "[label](link)" source rather than the link - connect via the parsed uri in that case
     return if links.count == 1, case let .simplexLink(showText, linkType, simplexUri, smpHosts) = links[0].format {
         .link(text: showText != nil ? simplexUri : links[0].text, linkType: linkType, linkText: simplexLinkText(linkType, smpHosts))
     } else if links.isEmpty,
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/NewChatView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/NewChatView.kt
index c3692ff33b..f3006d221b 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/NewChatView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/newchat/NewChatView.kt
@@ -836,8 +836,6 @@ fun strConnectTarget(str: String): ConnectTarget? {
   val links = parsedMd.filter { it.format?.isSimplexLink ?: false }
   if (links.size == 1) {
     val fmt = links[0].format as Format.SimplexLink
-    // showText is set only for a link written as a markdown hyperlink, whose text is the whole
-    // "[label](link)" source rather than the link - connect via the parsed uri in that case
     val text = if (fmt.showText != null) fmt.simplexUri else links[0].text
     return ConnectTarget.Link(text, fmt.linkType, fmt.simplexLinkText)
   }