diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix
index 68180f70..81b2c779 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix
@@ -72,17 +72,7 @@ in
     grafana.enable = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
   };
 
-  # The collector that feeds the pair above. Missed for the same reason
-  # `nats.enable` was above (found while investigating why grafana showed
-  # nothing on a swarm-services host): `otel.nix` predates this file's
-  # last revisit, so its absence here was omission, not intent — a
-  # swarm-services host otherwise gets victoriametrics + grafana running
-  # with nothing feeding them until an operator flips `otel.enable` by
-  # hand. `services.hyperhive.otel` (note: no `swarm.` prefix, this is the
-  # existing per-hive option from ./otel.nix, not a new swarm-scoped one)
-  # already treats a co-located `swarm.victoriametrics.enable` as a
-  # complete destination with no `endpoint` required (see that module's
-  # own history), so this default is self-sufficient on exactly the host
-  # it fires on.
+  # The collector that feeds the pair above (note: no `swarm.` prefix,
+  # this is ./otel.nix's existing per-hive option).
   config.services.hyperhive.otel.enable = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
 }