diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
index 70e27daf06eac..819cf56698b9f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
@@ -1304,7 +1304,6 @@ func (c *Cacher) waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(ctx context.Context,
 			c.watchCache.waitingUntilFresh.Add()
 			defer c.watchCache.waitingUntilFresh.Remove()
 		}
-		// TODO(p0lyn0mial): add a metric to track the number of times we have failed while waiting
 		err := c.watchCache.waitUntilFreshAndBlock(ctx, requestedWatchRV)
 		defer c.watchCache.RUnlock()
 		return err