diff --git a/tractor/_spawn.py b/tractor/_spawn.py
index 1faadd73..408e793c 100644
--- a/tractor/_spawn.py
+++ b/tractor/_spawn.py
@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@ async def hard_kill(
     # whilst also hacking on it XD
     # terminate_after: int = 99999,
 
-    # NOTE: for mucking with `.pause()`-ing inside the runtime
-    # whilst also hacking on it XD
-    # terminate_after: int = 99999,
-
 ) -> None:
     '''
     Un-gracefully terminate an OS level `trio.Process` after timeout.