diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
index 814038d4ef7a..fcf2025d3443 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ private[hive] class TestHiveSparkSession(
     private val loadTestTables: Boolean)
   extends SparkSession(sc) with Logging { self =>
 
-  // TODO(SPARK-23826): TestHiveSparkSession should set default session the same way as
-  // TestSparkSession, but doing this the same way breaks many tests in the package. We need
-  // to investigate and find a different strategy.
-
   def this(sc: SparkContext, loadTestTables: Boolean) {
     this(
       sc,