diff --git a/spec/git-repository-async-spec.coffee b/spec/git-repository-async-spec.coffee
index 8ca7c861f..f5adf23ea 100644
--- a/spec/git-repository-async-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/git-repository-async-spec.coffee
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ describe "GitRepositoryAsync", ->
 
 
   describe ".checkoutHead(path)", ->
-    # XXX this is failing sporadically with various errors around not finding the
-    # repo / files in the repo
     [filePath] = []
 
     beforeEach ->