diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/contiguous_split.pyx b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/contiguous_split.pyx
index ca6bf8e9cf6..652b12fc09e 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/contiguous_split.pyx
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/contiguous_split.pyx
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ cpdef Table unpack(PackedColumns input):
     cdef table_view v = cpp_unpack(dereference(input.c_obj))
     # Since `Table.from_table_view` doesn't support an arbitrary owning object,
     # we copy the table, see <https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/issues/17040>.
-    cdef unique_ptr[table] t = make_unique[table](v)  # Copy
+    cdef unique_ptr[table] t = make_unique[table](v)
     return Table.from_libcudf(move(t))
 
 
@@ -164,5 +164,5 @@ cpdef Table unpack_from_memoryviews(memoryview metadata, gpumemoryview gpu_data)
     cdef table_view v = cpp_unpack(metadata_ptr, gpu_data_ptr)
     # Since `Table.from_table_view` doesn't support an arbitrary owning object,
     # we copy the table, see <https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/issues/17040>.
-    cdef unique_ptr[table] t = make_unique[table](v)  # Copy
+    cdef unique_ptr[table] t = make_unique[table](v)
     return Table.from_libcudf(move(t))