Bauville and Yamato (2021, G-cubed, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009280) propose model-based methods to convert metamorphic pressures to depths based on the claim that pressure data from global (ultra)high-pressure rocks challenge the lithostatic assumption and support their model which invokes excessive overpressures. It is argued here that the opposite is true: Natural pressure data are fully consistent with the lithostatic assumption. They reflect selection of (ultra)high-pressure rocks by accessibility and preservation. The data are however inconsistent with the model predictions of Yamato and Brun (2017, Nature Geoscience 10, 46-50) and Bauville and Yamato (2021). Furthermore, their model requires critical assumptions that are not justified by the principles of rock mechanics and unsupported by microstructures from (U)HP rocks.