diff --git a/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go b/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go
index 0c1a521811e..aca17fb2145 100644
--- a/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go
+++ b/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ func (runner *runner) DeleteChain(table Table, chain Chain) error {
 	runner.mu.Lock()
 	defer runner.mu.Unlock()
 
-	// TODO: we could call iptables -S first, ignore the output and check for non-zero return (more like DeleteRule)
 	out, err := runner.run(opDeleteChain, fullArgs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error deleting chain %q: %v: %s", chain, err, out)