diff --git a/src/eoatex2imxml.py b/src/eoatex2imxml.py
index d78a2af..23e4f63 100755
--- a/src/eoatex2imxml.py
+++ b/src/eoatex2imxml.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2020-09-04 13:46:35 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2020-09-04 13:48:53 (kthoden)>
 
 """
 Converts Latex files into a customized DocBook XML file.
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@
 
 print("The configfile is %s." % CONFIG_FILE)
 
-# current biber is not compatible with this code
-# switch TeX distribution to TeXLive2016,
-# run biber_2.1 -O biber2-1n.bbl $INPUT to obtain this file
-BIBERFILE = "biber2-1.bbl"
-
 ########################
 # Paths to executables #
 ########################