diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py b/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py
index de68e0fb201..c153c9b127a 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py
@@ -1000,7 +1000,6 @@ def prepend_root(path):
                         self,
                     )
                     # FIXME: put the record somewhere
-                    # FIXME: should this be an error?
                     return
             new_lines = []
             with open(record_filename) as f: