diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-files.py b/tests/scripts/check-files.py
index 0bf01206e..e2d3f4ab6 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-files.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-files.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# This file is part of Mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Arm Limited, All Rights Reserved
+
 """
-This file is part of Mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
-
-Copyright (c) 2018, Arm Limited, All Rights Reserved
-
-Purpose
-
 This script checks the current state of the source code for minor issues,
 including incorrect file permissions, presence of tabs, non-Unix line endings,
-trailing whitespace, presence of UTF-8 BOM, and TODO comments.
+trailing whitespace, and presence of UTF-8 BOM.
 Note: requires python 3, must be run from Mbed TLS root.
 """
 
@@ -170,19 +168,6 @@ class MergeArtifactIssueTracker(LineIssueTracker):
             return True
         return False
 
-class TodoIssueTracker(LineIssueTracker):
-    """Track lines containing ``TODO``."""
-
-    heading = "TODO present:"
-    files_exemptions = frozenset([
-        os.path.basename(__file__),
-        "benchmark.c",
-        "pull_request_template.md",
-    ])
-
-    def issue_with_line(self, line, _filepath):
-        return b"todo" in line.lower()
-
 
 class IntegrityChecker(object):
     """Sanity-check files under the current directory."""
@@ -212,7 +197,6 @@ class IntegrityChecker(object):
             TrailingWhitespaceIssueTracker(),
             TabIssueTracker(),
             MergeArtifactIssueTracker(),
-            TodoIssueTracker(),
         ]
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -258,15 +242,7 @@ class IntegrityChecker(object):
 
 
 def run_main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description=(
-            "This script checks the current state of the source code for "
-            "minor issues, including incorrect file permissions, "
-            "presence of tabs, non-Unix line endings, trailing whitespace, "
-            "presence of UTF-8 BOM, and TODO comments. "
-            "Note: requires python 3, must be run from Mbed TLS root."
-        )
-    )
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument(
         "-l", "--log_file", type=str, help="path to optional output log",
     )