diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java
index 807a6545a3d..4f3f9e26d58 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/AsyncKafkaConsumer.java
@@ -1829,9 +1829,6 @@ public class AsyncKafkaConsumer<K, V> implements ConsumerDelegate<K, V> {
 
         // We do not want to be stuck blocking in poll if we are missing some positions
         // since the offset lookup may be backing off after a failure
-
-        // NOTE: the use of cachedSubscriptionHasAllFetchPositions means we MUST call
-        // updateAssignmentMetadataIfNeeded before this method.
         if (pollTimeout > retryBackoffMs) {
             pollTimeout = retryBackoffMs;
         }