diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts
index dc9e8347bfd71621a0e6523a680a655556d729a6..38d90f655d00d67ae0fc009a1f4a1656cebc40e8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 
 		const testObject: SearchModel = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);
 		await testObject.search({ contentPattern: { pattern: 'somestring' }, type: 1, folderQueries });
-		// await timeout(0); // TODO@rob https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/80251
 
 		assert.ok(target.calledThrice);
 		const data = target.args[0];