diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9d1883f5c..d20b885b5 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ And once that's done, add an exclusion so that `cp --link'
 no longer incurs the overhead of saving src. dev/ino and dest. filename
 in the hash table.
 
-Apply suggestion from Paul Jarc to use something along the
-lines of http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/setuidgid.html to avoid
-kludges (as in tests/rm/fail-2eperm) when running tests as root.
-
 See if we can be consistent about where --verbose sends its output:
   These all send --verbose output to stdout:
     head, tail, rm, cp, mv, ln, chmod, chown, chgrp, install, ln