diff --git a/roles/cleanup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cleanup/defaults/main.yml
index 76a1669..c4de81f 100644
--- a/roles/cleanup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cleanup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
 cleanup_verify_boot: true
 cleanup_boot_timeout: 300
 cleanup_remove_on_failure: true
-
-# How long to let the guest finish the shutdown started in shutdown.yml before forcing it off
 cleanup_poweroff_retries: 24
 cleanup_poweroff_delay: 5
diff --git a/roles/cleanup/tasks/proxmox.yml b/roles/cleanup/tasks/proxmox.yml
index bbef25b..4c45357 100644
--- a/roles/cleanup/tasks/proxmox.yml
+++ b/roles/cleanup/tasks/proxmox.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
     community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm: "{{ _proxmox_auth_node }}"
     community.proxmox.proxmox_vm_info: "{{ _proxmox_auth_node }}"
   block:
-    # shutdown.yml halts the guest without waiting for it, so stopping a VM Proxmox has
-    # already stopped errors out. Wait the shutdown out, and force off only a guest that
-    # ignored it. The disks come off afterwards, so they are never detached from a
-    # running VM.
     - name: Wait for the installer environment to power off
       community.proxmox.proxmox_vm_info:
         vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
diff --git a/roles/cleanup/tasks/vmware.yml b/roles/cleanup/tasks/vmware.yml
index 7c81ada..af93179 100644
--- a/roles/cleanup/tasks/vmware.yml
+++ b/roles/cleanup/tasks/vmware.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
     vmware.vmware.vm_powerstate: "{{ _vmware_auth }}"
   no_log: true
   block:
-    # shutdown.yml halts the guest without waiting for it, so powering off a VM that
-    # vCenter has already stopped raises InvalidPowerState. Wait the shutdown out, and
-    # force off only a guest that ignored it.
     - name: Wait for the installer environment to power off
       community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
         name: "{{ hostname }}"