diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
index db8002134fd..426df2a9d27 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._stream_id_gen: AbstractStreamIdGenerator
         self._backfill_id_gen: AbstractStreamIdGenerator
 
-        # If we're using Postgres than we can use `MultiWriterIdGenerator`
-        # regardless of whether this process writes to the streams or not.
         self._stream_id_gen = MultiWriterIdGenerator(
             db_conn=db_conn,
             db=database,