diff --git a/packages/swingset-liveslots/src/virtualObjectManager.js b/packages/swingset-liveslots/src/virtualObjectManager.js
index a554bd26caf2..09a778fb3615 100644
--- a/packages/swingset-liveslots/src/virtualObjectManager.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-liveslots/src/virtualObjectManager.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ const { hasOwn, defineProperty, getOwnPropertyNames, entries, fromEntries } =
 const { ownKeys } = Reflect;
 // TODO https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/issues/8005
 // TODO https://github.com/endojs/endo/issues/1703
-// @ts-expect-error
 const { quote: q, bare: b } = assert;
 
 // Turn on to give each exo instance its own toStringTag value which exposes