diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el b/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
index 41c44e2c24..839f401153 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
@@ -1275,13 +1275,8 @@ vc-dir
       (vc-dir-mode))))
 
 (defun vc-default-dir-extra-headers (_backend _dir)
-  ;; Be loud by default to remind people to add code to display
-  ;; backend specific headers.
-  ;; XXX: change this to return nil before the release.
-  (concat
-   (propertize "Extra      : " 'face 'font-lock-type-face)
-   (propertize "Please add backend specific headers here.  It's easy!"
-	       'face 'font-lock-warning-face)))
+  (ignore _backend _dir)
+  nil)
 
 (defvar vc-dir-filename-mouse-map
    (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))