diff --git a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo.go b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo.go
index d7e23f2fa4..fdf90a4481 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo.go
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (t Tika) getLivePhoto(meta map[string][]string) *libregraph.LivePhoto {
-	// ContentId pairs the two halves and is what makes it a live photo, so without
-	// it there is no facet. The video exposes it via the QuickTime item list; the
-	// still image carries it in the Apple maker note (tag 0x0011), which tika
-	// surfaces generically under "Content Identifier" (the HEIC maker note is
-	// parsed since metadata-extractor 2.21.0). A file is only ever one half, so
-	// reading both keys covers both.
+	// ContentId pairs the two halves, without it there is no live photo. The
+	// video carries it in the QuickTime item list, the still image in the Apple
+	// maker note, which tika surfaces as "Content Identifier". A file is only
+	// ever one half, so both keys are read.
 	contentID, err := getFirstValue(meta, "com.apple.quicktime.content.identifier", "Content Identifier")
 	if err != nil || contentID == "" {
 		return nil
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo_test.go b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo_test.go
index 94f3aeeb7f..ac5d421776 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo_test.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/content/tika_live_photo_test.go
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ var _ = Describe("getLivePhoto", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("maps the still half via the Apple maker-note content identifier", func() {
-		// the still carries the pairing id in the Apple maker note, which tika
-		// surfaces under "Content Identifier" (HEIC maker note parsed since
-		// metadata-extractor 2.21.0, drewnoakes/metadata-extractor#739).
 		livePhoto := Tika{}.getLivePhoto(map[string][]string{
 			"Content-Type":       {"image/heic"},
 			"Content Identifier": {"6F1A2B3C-1234-4E5F-9A8B-0011223344CC"},