diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
index d339204127..4ded6d6a8d 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ impl DeltaLayer {
             .metadata()
             .context("get file metadata to determine size")?;
 
-        // TODO(sharding): we must get the TenantShardId from the path instead of reading the Summary.
-        // we should also validate the path against the Summary, as both should contain the same tenant, timeline, key, lsn.
+        // This function is never used for constructing layers in a running pageserver,
+        // so it does not need an accurate TenantShardId.
         let tenant_shard_id = TenantShardId::unsharded(summary.tenant_id);
 
         Ok(DeltaLayer {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
index 023122c0b1..f03c7642eb 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ impl ImageLayer {
             .metadata()
             .context("get file metadata to determine size")?;
 
-        // TODO(sharding): we should get TenantShardId from path.
-        // OR, not at all: any layer we load from disk should also get reconciled with remote IndexPart.
+        // This function is never used for constructing layers in a running pageserver,
+        // so it does not need an accurate TenantShardId.
         let tenant_shard_id = TenantShardId::unsharded(summary.tenant_id);
 
         Ok(ImageLayer {