diff --git a/source/blender/editors/animation/keyframing.c b/source/blender/editors/animation/keyframing.c
index bac4c4329cb..f25b9b5f094 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/animation/keyframing.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/animation/keyframing.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ bAction *verify_adt_action(Main *bmain, ID *id, short add)
 		adt->action->idroot = GS(id->name);
 
 		/* tag depsgraph to be rebuilt to include time dependency */
-		/* XXX: we probably should have bmain passed down, but that involves altering too many API's */
 		DEG_relations_tag_update(bmain);
 	}