diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/guice/DruidProcessingModule.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/guice/DruidProcessingModule.java
index 14b9704e1b9..28bb3753eb9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/guice/DruidProcessingModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/guice/DruidProcessingModule.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class DruidProcessingModule implements Module
           cacheConfig.getNumBackgroundThreads(),
           new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
               .setNameFormat("background-cacher-%d")
-              .setDaemon(true) // TODO: migrate this to Execs after https://github.com/druid-io/druid/pull/984
+              .setDaemon(true)
               .setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY)
               .build()
       );