diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/protocol_engine/state/pipettes.py b/api/src/opentrons/protocol_engine/state/pipettes.py
index d685e8926fd..ced8b6076f7 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/protocol_engine/state/pipettes.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/protocol_engine/state/pipettes.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class StaticPipetteConfig:
     nozzle_offset_z: float
     pipette_bounding_box_offsets: PipetteBoundingBoxOffsets
     bounding_nozzle_offsets: BoundingNozzlesOffsets
-    default_nozzle_map: NozzleMap
+    default_nozzle_map: NozzleMap  # todo(mm, 2024-10-14): unused, remove?
     lld_settings: Optional[Dict[str, Dict[str, float]]]
 
 
@@ -170,15 +170,6 @@ def _set_load_pipette(self, state_update: update_types.StateUpdate) -> None:
             self._state.aspirated_volume_by_id[pipette_id] = None
             self._state.movement_speed_by_id[pipette_id] = None
             self._state.attached_tip_by_id[pipette_id] = None
-            # TODO(mm, 2024-10-11): This seems wrong--because of the order in which
-            # we process the individual attributes of StateUpdate, when we process a
-            # loadPipette command, won't we always reach here before static_config is
-            # populated?
-            static_config = self._state.static_config_by_id.get(pipette_id)
-            if static_config:
-                self._state.nozzle_configuration_by_id[
-                    pipette_id
-                ] = static_config.default_nozzle_map
 
     def _update_tip_state(self, state_update: update_types.StateUpdate) -> None:
         if state_update.pipette_tip_state != update_types.NO_CHANGE: