diff --git a/python-stdlib/aifc/aifc.py b/python-stdlib/aifc/aifc.py
index d66ae315..286a2ded 100644
--- a/python-stdlib/aifc/aifc.py
+++ b/python-stdlib/aifc/aifc.py
@@ -257,16 +257,6 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 _aifc_params = namedtuple('_aifc_params',
                           'nchannels sampwidth framerate nframes comptype compname')
 
-_aifc_params.nchannels.__doc__ = 'Number of audio channels (1 for mono, 2 for stereo)'
-_aifc_params.sampwidth.__doc__ = 'Sample width in bytes'
-_aifc_params.framerate.__doc__ = 'Sampling frequency'
-_aifc_params.nframes.__doc__ = 'Number of audio frames'
-_aifc_params.comptype.__doc__ = 'Compression type ("NONE" for AIFF files)'
-_aifc_params.compname.__doc__ = ("""\
-A human-readable version of the compression type
-('not compressed' for AIFF files)""")
-
-
 class Aifc_read:
     # Variables used in this class:
     #