diff --git a/lib/storage/file.js b/lib/storage/file.js
index e040bf807..669ff900b 100644
--- a/lib/storage/file.js
+++ b/lib/storage/file.js
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ var trimChannel = function (env, channelName, hash, _cb) {
         var retain = false;
 
         var handler = function (msgObj, readMore, abort) {
-            if (ABORT) { return void abort(); } // XXX
+            if (ABORT) { return void abort(); }
             // the first message might be metadata... ignore it if so
             if (i++ === 0 && msgObj.buff.indexOf('{') === 0) {
                 return readMore();