diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 9c50194186..1d721c70c5 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -4065,7 +4065,6 @@ impl Timeline {
             });
 
             resident_layers.push(LocalLayerInfoForDiskUsageEviction {
-                // we explicitly don't want to keep this layer downloaded
                 layer: l.drop_eviction_guard(),
                 last_activity_ts,
             });