diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/waitcontrolplane.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/waitcontrolplane.go
index 6fd0424573b..ec6a4c04420 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/waitcontrolplane.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/waitcontrolplane.go
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ func printFilesIfDryRunning(data InitData) error {
 	return dryrunutil.PrintDryRunFiles(files, data.OutputWriter())
 }
 
-// NewControlPlaneWaiter returns a new waiter that is used to wait on the control plane to boot up.
-// TODO: make private (lowercase) after self-hosting phase is removed.
+// newControlPlaneWaiter returns a new waiter that is used to wait on the control plane to boot up.
 func newControlPlaneWaiter(dryRun bool, timeout time.Duration, client clientset.Interface, out io.Writer) (apiclient.Waiter, error) {
 	if dryRun {
 		return dryrunutil.NewWaiter(), nil