diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js
index 8453c7d88c6473..db830900bd3154 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // Handle a Promise from running code that potentially does Top-Level Await.
 // In that case, it makes sense to set the exit code to a specific non-zero
 // value if the main code never finishes running.
-// The original purpose was https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34640
 function handleProcessExit() {
   process.exitCode ??= 13;
 }