diff --git a/cue/build/context.go b/cue/build/context.go
index 664326eeef2..dc1e347c931 100644
--- a/cue/build/context.go
+++ b/cue/build/context.go
@@ -26,15 +26,11 @@
 package build
 
 import (
-	"context"
-
 	"cuelang.org/go/cue/ast"
 )
 
 // A Context keeps track of state of building instances and caches work.
 type Context struct {
-	ctxt context.Context
-
 	loader    LoadFunc
 	parseFunc func(str string, src interface{}) (*ast.File, error)
 
@@ -80,14 +76,13 @@ func (inst *Instance) Complete() error {
 func (c *Context) init() {
 	if !c.initialized {
 		c.initialized = true
-		c.ctxt = context.Background()
 		c.imports = map[string]*Instance{}
 	}
 }
 
 // Options:
 // - certain parse modes
-// - parallellism
+// - parallelism
 // - error handler (allows cancelling the context)
 // - file set.
 
diff --git a/cue/load/config.go b/cue/load/config.go
index b8763a06fcb..2efd0a8d5b2 100644
--- a/cue/load/config.go
+++ b/cue/load/config.go
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// packages at loading time.
 
 	// Context specifies the context for the load operation.
-	// If the context is cancelled, the loader may stop early
-	// and return an ErrCancelled error.
-	// If Context is nil, the load cannot be cancelled.
 	Context *build.Context
 
 	// A Module is a collection of packages and instances that are within the