diff --git a/client/container_list_stream.go b/client/container_list_stream.go
index 5ae282a..79dd0b4 100644
--- a/client/container_list_stream.go
+++ b/client/container_list_stream.go
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ type ContainerListReader struct {
 //
 // Panics if buf has zero length.
 func (x *ContainerListReader) Read(buf []cid.ID) (int, bool) {
-	// if len(buf) == 0 {
-	// 	panic("empty buffer in ContainerListReader.ReadList")
-	// }
-
 	read := copyCnrIDBuffers(buf, x.tail)
 	x.tail = x.tail[read:]