diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd.nix b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd.nix
index 5353ae828410..262bee608edd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   suffices = map (x: if x ? suffix then x.suffix else "none") contents;
 
   # For obtaining the closure of `contents'.
+  # Note: we don't use closureInfo yet, as that won't build with nix-1.x.
+  # See #36268.
   exportReferencesGraph =
     map (x: [("closure-" + baseNameOf x.symlink) x.object]) contents;
   pathsFromGraph = ./paths-from-graph.pl;