diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
index ab879e5caf..84f70fd731 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
@@ -171,15 +171,6 @@ concrete actionable issues. They are enhancement requests that we might
 consider adding someday to the framework if an excellent patch is submitted.
 These tickets are not a high priority.
 
-Fixed on a branch
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Used to indicate that a ticket is resolved as part of a major body of work
-that will eventually be merged to trunk. Tickets in this stage generally
-don't need further work. This may happen in the case of major
-features/refactors in each release cycle, or as part of the annual Google
-Summer of Code efforts.
-
 Other triage attributes
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