diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
index 2f3c6c188b..e4212fb8b9 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
@@ -687,8 +687,6 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
         self: &Arc<Self>,
         new_parent: &TimelineId,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        // FIXME: because of how Timeline::schedule_uploads works when called from layer flushing
-        // and reads the in-memory part we cannot do the detaching like this
         let receiver = {
             let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
             let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;