diff --git a/thunar/thunar-abstract-icon-view.c b/thunar/thunar-abstract-icon-view.c
index de37c39b61907763c054f655d1b55226ca1e3bf2..d5aea830db2361912cfd74fb0e5f2e75e3a834b6 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-abstract-icon-view.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-abstract-icon-view.c
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
   thunar_abstract_icon_view_sort_column_changed (GTK_TREE_SORTABLE (THUNAR_STANDARD_VIEW (abstract_icon_view)->model), abstract_icon_view);
 
   /* update the icon view on size-allocate events */
+  /* TODO: issue not reproducible anymore as of gtk 3.24.18
+   * we can probably remove this in the future. */
   g_signal_connect_swapped (G_OBJECT (abstract_icon_view), "size-allocate",
                             G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_queue_resize), view);
 }