diff --git a/commonspace/settings/settingsstate/settingsstate.go b/commonspace/settings/settingsstate/settingsstate.go
index f20463d7..bd010714 100644
--- a/commonspace/settings/settingsstate/settingsstate.go
+++ b/commonspace/settings/settingsstate/settingsstate.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ func NewStateFromSnapshot(snapshot *spacesyncproto.SpaceSettingsSnapshot, lastIt
 }
 
 func (s *State) Exists(id string) bool {
-	// using map here will not give a lot of benefit, because this thing should be called only
-	// when we are adding content, thus it doesn't matter
 	_, exists := s.DeletedIds[id]
 	return exists
 }