diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
index dbb2c576eb..212d2dd92c 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
@@ -822,8 +822,7 @@ impl LayerInner {
         let can_evict = self.have_remote_client;
 
         if gc {
-            // do nothing now, only when the whole layer is dropped. gc will end up deleting the
-            // whole layer, in case there is no reference cycle.
+            // do nothing now, only in LayerInner::drop
         } else if can_evict && evict {
             let version = self.version.load(Ordering::Relaxed);