diff --git a/lib/mu-msg-fields.h b/lib/mu-msg-fields.h
index 611517bf..0834e657 100644
--- a/lib/mu-msg-fields.h
+++ b/lib/mu-msg-fields.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ enum _MuMsgFieldId {
 
 	MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_UID, /* special, generated from path */
 
-	/* MU_MSG_STRING_FIELD_ID_NUM, see below */
-
 	/* string list items... */
 	MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_REFS,
 	MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_TAGS,
diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el b/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
index 1ad2b74d..8141af98 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 ;; Customization
 (require 'mu4e-meta)
 (require 'message)
-(require 'startup) ;; silence elint re `user-mail-address'.
 
 (defgroup mu4e nil
   "mu4e - mu for emacs"