--- perl-current/pod/perlop.pod
+++ perl-current/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -447,8 +447,6 @@
 
 Binary "~~" does a smart match between its arguments. Smart matching
 is described in L<perlsyn/"Smart matching in detail">.
-This operator is only available if you enable the "~~" feature:
-see L<feature> for more information.
 X<~~>
 
 "lt", "le", "ge", "gt" and "cmp" use the collation (sort) order specified