diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index 2514a8d0932aa2..5d114edf9ecb9e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -276,9 +276,7 @@ class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
         resultSignal[kSourceSignals].add(signalWeakRef);
         signal[kDependantSignals].add(resultSignalWeakRef);
         dependantSignalsCleanupRegistry.register(resultSignal, signalWeakRef);
-        // when the source signal - coming from the controller - is gced, we need to remove it from the dependant
-        // signals of the composite signal
-        finalizer.register(signal, { sourceSignalRef: signalWeakRef, composedSignalRef: resultSignalWeakRef});
+        finalizer.register(signal, { sourceSignalRef: signalWeakRef, composedSignalRef: resultSignalWeakRef });
       } else if (!signal[kSourceSignals]) {
         continue;
       } else {