diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
index 4a8223fa74..266babee9f 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ DrmPipeline::~DrmPipeline()
 
 bool DrmPipeline::testScanout()
 {
-    // TODO make the modeset check only be tested at most once per scanout cycle
     if (gpu()->needsModeset()) {
         return false;
     }