diff --git a/python/build-layer.sh b/python/build-layer.sh
index 3441413..993d828 100755
--- a/python/build-layer.sh
+++ b/python/build-layer.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ echo "Modified python wrapper requirements:"
 cat requirements.txt
 cd ../..
 
-# FIXME upstream python version specification fix?
+# FIXME no good way to specify python version requirement to pip; use 3.8 runtime/setuptools image
+# This block can be removed once python 3.8 reaches "no updates" aws deprecation status in March 2025
 sed -i 's/runtime=python3.*/runtime=python3.8/' otel/Dockerfile
 echo "Modified Dockerfile:"
 cat otel/Dockerfile