diff --git a/src/vt/collective/reduce/reduce.impl.h b/src/vt/collective/reduce/reduce.impl.h
index 8f92e5cbe3..df8f73c905 100644
--- a/src/vt/collective/reduce/reduce.impl.h
+++ b/src/vt/collective/reduce/reduce.impl.h
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ Reduce::PendingSendType Reduce::reduce(
   ReduceNumType num_contrib, VirtualProxyType proxy, ObjGroupProxyType objgroup
 ) {
   auto msg_ptr = promoteMsg(msg);
-  // This currently will only set the out parameter in_seq when the pending send
-  // is resolved -- this might not be desirable as the pointer may have become
-  // invalid.
   return PendingSendType{envelopeGetEpoch(msg_ptr->env), [=](){
     reduceImmediate< MessageT, f >(root, msg_ptr.get(), tag, in_seq, num_contrib, proxy, objgroup);
   } };