diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt
index 8cf606552b1..79653045d11 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ interface IrDeserializer {
     // There was an attempt to solve this asymmetry in the symbol table
     // using property symbols, but it was not successful.
     // For now we have to live with a special treatment of properties.
+    // TODO: eventually get rid of this asymmetry.
     fun findDeserializedDeclaration(propertyDescriptor: PropertyDescriptor): IrProperty?
     fun declareForwardDeclarations()
 }