diff --git a/src/hb-open-type-private.hh b/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
index 5d681e2e1868cfd1e6f1a41d80f54bba7846ead8..4d8c507fbc94c6049167accfb59388d7de91856a 100644
--- a/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
@@ -342,8 +342,6 @@ struct Sanitizer
 
 template <typename Type, int Bytes> struct BEInt;
 
-/* LONGTERMTODO: On machines allowing unaligned access, we can make the
- * following tighter by using byteswap instructions on ints directly. */
 template <typename Type>
 struct BEInt<Type, 2>
 {