diff --git a/lib/_http_agent.js b/lib/_http_agent.js
index 5e3298b594d949..97f475c65c84a4 100644
--- a/lib/_http_agent.js
+++ b/lib/_http_agent.js
@@ -50,18 +50,10 @@ const kOnKeylog = Symbol('onkeylog');
 // ClientRequest.onSocket(). The Agent is now *strictly*
 // concerned with managing a connection pool.
 
-const kReusedHandle = Symbol('kReusedHandle');
 class ReusedHandle {
   constructor(type, handle) {
     this.type = type;
     this.handle = handle;
-    // We need keep the resource object alive from this object, because
-    // domains rely on GC of the resource object for lifetime tracking.
-    // TODO(addaleax): This should really apply to all uses of
-    // AsyncWrap::AsyncReset() when the resource is not the AsyncWrap object
-    // itself. However, HTTPClientAsyncResource and HTTPServerAsyncResource
-    // hold on to other objects, inhibiting GC.
-    handle[kReusedHandle] = this;
   }
 }