diff --git a/e3sm_diags/viewer/main.py b/e3sm_diags/viewer/main.py
index 49330ab1b..3fc2f752e 100644
--- a/e3sm_diags/viewer/main.py
+++ b/e3sm_diags/viewer/main.py
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ def insert_data_in_row(row_obj, name, url):
         row_obj.append(td)
 
     path = os.path.join(e3sm_diags.INSTALL_PATH, "viewer", "index_template.html")
-    # TODO: root_dir is the results_dir with "viewer" appended to it. We
-    # want the index.html to work in the results_dir too.
     output = os.path.join(root_dir, "index.html")
 
     soup = BeautifulSoup(open(path), "lxml")