diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 705f67dfb..836601f1c 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ version 1.4.0beta102 [November 18, 2009]
   Updated the copyright year in scripts/pngwin.rc from 2006 to 2009.
 
 version 1.4.0rc02 [November 18, 2009]
+  Removed obsolete comments about ASM from projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 269320087..9819da1f6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2380,6 +2380,7 @@ version 1.4.0beta102 [November 18, 2009]
   Updated the copyright year in scripts/pngwin.rc from 2006 to 2009.
 
 version 1.4.0rc02 [November 18, 2009]
+  Removed obsolete comments about ASM from projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
 
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diff --git a/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt b/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
index 3ab24a8fe..cc7389965 100644
--- a/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
+++ b/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ This project builds the zlib binaries as follows:
 
 * Win32_DLL_Release\zlib1.dll       DLL build
 * Win32_DLL_Debug\zlib1d.dll        DLL build (debug version)
-* Win32_DLL_ASM_Release\zlib1.dll   DLL build using ASM code
-* Win32_DLL_ASM_Debug\zlib1d.dll    DLL build using ASM code (debug version)
 * Win32_LIB_Release\zlib.lib        static build
 * Win32_LIB_Debug\zlibd.lib         static build (debug version)
-* Win32_LIB_ASM_Release\zlib.lib    static build using ASM code
-* Win32_LIB_ASM_Debug\zlibd.lib     static build using ASM code (debug version)