diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/TODO b/drivers/staging/fbtft/TODO
index a9f4802bb6be..e72a08bf221c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/TODO
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-* convert all uses of the old GPIO API from <linux/gpio.h> to the
-  GPIO descriptor API in <linux/gpio/consumer.h> and look up GPIO
-  lines from device tree, ACPI or board files, board files should
-  use <linux/gpio/machine.h>
-
 * convert all these over to drm_simple_display_pipe and submit for inclusion
   into the DRM subsystem under drivers/gpu/drm - fbdev doesn't take any new
   drivers anymore.