diff --git a/core/vm/contracts.go b/core/vm/contracts.go
index 0748c727a3..93ceb81ecf 100644
--- a/core/vm/contracts.go
+++ b/core/vm/contracts.go
@@ -195,14 +195,11 @@ var PrecompiledContractsIsthmus = map[common.Address]PrecompiledContract{
 	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x00}): &p256Verify{},
 }
 
-// PrecompiledContractsCel2 contains the default set of pre-compiled Ethereum
-// contracts used in the Cel2 release which don't require the extra
-// celoPrecompileContext, while PrecompiledCeloContractsCel2 contains those
-// that do.
-var PrecompiledContractsCel2 = PrecompiledContractsGranite
-
 // PrecompiledCeloContractsCel2 contains a set of pre-compiled contracts used
 // in the Cel2 release which require the extra celoPrecompileContext.
+// The Cel2 hardfork is handled differently because it can be combined with
+// multiple Ethereum/Optimism hardforks and therefore does not fit into the
+// linear history of normal hardforks.
 var PrecompiledCeloContractsCel2 = map[common.Address]CeloPrecompiledContract{
 	celoPrecompileAddress(2): &transfer{},
 }