diff --git a/Code/Wrappers/SWIG/CMakeLists.txt b/Code/Wrappers/SWIG/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c1bbc6e9b1f327b787320869d9dd20be3a5e814..ed3a08ee34fdf357e2dc9d2227b816763b54c281 100644
--- a/Code/Wrappers/SWIG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Code/Wrappers/SWIG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-
+#
+# SimpleITK does this check, but it does not seem necessary in our case
+# TODO: figure out why SimpleITK needs this...
+#
 macro(check_PIC_flag Language)
   if ( UNIX AND NOT APPLE )
     if ( NOT ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} MATCHES "-fPIC")