diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/ffront/ast_passes/fix_missing_locations.py b/src/gt4py/next/ffront/ast_passes/fix_missing_locations.py
index 639867e72a..24c1717de1 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/ffront/ast_passes/fix_missing_locations.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/ffront/ast_passes/fix_missing_locations.py
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ def generic_visit(self, node: ast.AST) -> ast.AST:
             node = copy.copy(node)
             parent_node = self._parent_nodes[-1]
 
-            node.lineno = parent_node.lineno  # type: ignore[attr-defined] # this is monkey patching as not all `ast.AST` have `lineno` etc
-            node.col_offset = parent_node.col_offset  # type: ignore[attr-defined] # this is monkey patching as not all `ast.AST` have `lineno` etc
+            node.lineno = parent_node.lineno  # type: ignore[attr-defined] # we are adding the attribute which breaks type checking
+            node.col_offset = parent_node.col_offset  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
             # the end positions are optional according to
             #  https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#ast.AST.end_col_offset
             if hasattr(parent_node, "end_lineno"):
-                node.end_lineno = parent_node.end_lineno  # type: ignore[attr-defined] # this is monkey patching as not all `ast.AST` have `lineno` etc
+                node.end_lineno = parent_node.end_lineno  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             if hasattr(parent_node, "end_col_offset"):
-                node.end_col_offset = parent_node.end_col_offset  # type: ignore[attr-defined] # this is monkey patching as not all `ast.AST` have `lineno` etc
+                node.end_col_offset = parent_node.end_col_offset  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
         self._parent_nodes.append(node)
         result = super().generic_visit(node)
diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/ffront/dialect_parser.py b/src/gt4py/next/ffront/dialect_parser.py
index 9e0a2faff4..771ef72016 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/ffront/dialect_parser.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/ffront/dialect_parser.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def get_location(self, node: ast.AST) -> SourceLocation:
         line_offset = self.source_definition.line_offset
         col_offset = self.source_definition.column_offset
 
-        # seems we monkey patched all AST nodes in `fix_missing_locations`, therefore we can assume all location attributes are defined
+        # `FixMissingLocations` ensures that all nodes have the location attributes
         assert hasattr(node, "lineno")
         line = node.lineno + line_offset if node.lineno is not None else None
         assert hasattr(node, "end_lineno")