diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d0c3eb3b0..1d4a68f4b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,16 +79,6 @@ matrixmultiply-threading = ["matrixmultiply/threading"]
 portable-atomic = { version = "1.6.0" }
 portable-atomic-util = { version = "0.2.0", features = [ "alloc" ] }
 
-# [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-# openssl = "1.0.1"
-
-# [target.'cfg(target_arch = "x86")'.dependencies]
-# native-i686 = { path = "native/i686" }
-
-# [target.'cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")'.dependencies]
-# native-x86_64 = { path = "native/x86_64" }
-
-
 [profile.bench]
 debug = true
 [profile.dev.package.numeric-tests]
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9c69b8c89..42d7ee948 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ your `Cargo.toml`.
 
   - Enable the ``threading`` feature in the matrixmultiply package
 
-- ``portable-atomic``
-
-  - Enables ``portable_atomic`` package for compatability with microcontrollers
-
 - ``critical-section``
 
   - Whether ``portable_atomic`` should use ``critical-section``