diff --git a/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h b/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
index 78ab4a24a2..4425f95a95 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@
 #ifndef __JUCE_CORE_JUCEHEADER__
 #define __JUCE_CORE_JUCEHEADER__
 
-/* This line is here as a sanity-check to catch syntax errors caused by mistakes in 3rd-party
-   header files that have been included prior to this one. If you hit an error at this line,
-   there's probably some kind of syntax problem in whatever code immediately precedes this header.
-
-   It also causes an error if you attempt to build using a C or obj-C compiler rather than a C++ one.
-*/
-namespace DummyNamespaceStatementToCatchSyntaxErrors {}
-
 #ifndef JUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_core
  /* If you fail to make sure that all your compile units are building JUCE with the same set of
     option flags, then there's a risk that different compile units will treat the classes as having
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h b/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h
index cb7fdfb6bf..646ee71833 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   ==============================================================================
 */
 
-#ifndef __JUCE_GRAPHICS_MODULE_JUCEHEADER__ // %%
+#ifndef __JUCE_GRAPHICS_MODULE_JUCEHEADER__
 #define __JUCE_GRAPHICS_MODULE_JUCEHEADER__
 
 #include "../juce_core/juce_core.h"