diff --git a/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/InMemoryMap.java b/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/InMemoryMap.java
index 2faf437def4..5b539d5f112 100644
--- a/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/InMemoryMap.java
+++ b/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/InMemoryMap.java
@@ -754,8 +754,6 @@ public synchronized MemoryIterator skvIterator(SamplerConfigurationImpl iterator
 
     int mc = kvCount.get();
     MemoryDataSource mds = new MemoryDataSource(iteratorSamplerConfig);
-    // TODO seems like a bug that two MemoryDataSources are created... may need to fix in older
-    // branches
     SourceSwitchingIterator ssi = new SourceSwitchingIterator(mds);
     MemoryIterator mi = new MemoryIterator(new PartialMutationSkippingIterator(ssi, mc));
     mi.setSSI(ssi);