diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 660b29f0..349c67f2 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 
-- scrap acinclude.m4 and put those macros into m4/
-
-  need to fix up bootstrap though, it wipes m4 currently
-
-  see http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/automake/Local-Macros.html
-
-
-
-
 - vips operation print could show operation flags as well, cf. "vips
   im_subtract"