diff --git a/protocol/consensus.go b/protocol/consensus.go
index 5e0086e7..aad06796 100644
--- a/protocol/consensus.go
+++ b/protocol/consensus.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 // ConsensusVersion is a string that identifies a version of the
 // consensus protocol.
-//
-//msgp:allocbound ConsensusVersion maxConsensusVersionLen
 type ConsensusVersion string
 
 // DEPRECATEDConsensusV0 is a baseline version of the Algorand consensus protocol.