diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/README b/drivers/staging/et131x/README
index a198401abe09..01d9351f99e8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/et131x/README
+++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/README
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Note, the powermanagement options were removed from the vendor provided
 driver as they did not build properly at the time.
 
 TODO:
-	- Look at reducing the number of spinlocks
 	- Reduce the number of split lines by careful consideration of variable names etc.
 
 Please send patches to: