diff --git a/waku/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim b/waku/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim
index 1763187080..c62bacfbf6 100644
--- a/waku/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_core/topics/sharding.nim
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ proc parseSharding*(pubsubTopic: Option[PubsubTopic], contentTopics: ContentTopi
         if shardsRes.isErr():
           return err("Cannot autoshard content topic: " & $shardsRes.error)
         else: shardsRes.get()
-    
-    # check if this is even needed
+
     if not topicMap.hasKey(pubsub):
       topicMap[pubsub] = @[]