diff --git a/tools/link.py b/tools/link.py
index aee37252aeec2..6c3aab3477a84 100644
--- a/tools/link.py
+++ b/tools/link.py
@@ -889,12 +889,9 @@ def phase_linker_setup(linker_args):  # ruff: ignore[complex-structure, too-many
     # autoconf declares functions without their proper signatures, and STRICT causes that to trip up by passing --fatal-warnings to the linker.
     if settings.STRICT:
       exit_with_error('autoconfiguring is not compatible with STRICT')
-    # AC_CHECK_LIB probes for a symbol by declaring it without a prototype
-    # (`char foo ();`) and then calling it with no arguments.  When the symbol
-    # comes from an object file or an archive lld only warns about the
-    # resulting signature mismatch and synthesizes a thunk, but when it comes
-    # from a shared library the mismatch is a hard error. This turns off the
-    # shared library check.
+    # autoconf declares functions without their proper signatures, so turn off shared library signature checks
+    # TODO: Align defaults for signature checking with static and dynamic linking?
+    # See https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/214557
     linker_args.append('--no-shlib-sigcheck')
 
   if settings.OPT_LEVEL >= 1: