diff --git a/bin/reproducible_debstrap.sh b/bin/reproducible_debstrap.sh
index 6bbfcc26b0de995699a02763e112a1d8dae92a64..bf948b1b3f599bff47a718006144b8f84995f830 100755
--- a/bin/reproducible_debstrap.sh
+++ b/bin/reproducible_debstrap.sh
@@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ for LOOP in "first" "second" ; do
 				sudo $REALTOOL $SUITE $BUILDDIR/$SUBDIR/${TOOL}/${SUITE}
 				# work around unreproducible artifacts
 				BAD_FILES="/etc/machine-id /var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache"
+					# /etc/machine-id removal/contents is being discussed in #1018740 for debootstrap and #1018741 for cdebootstrap
 				case ${TOOL} in
 					debootstrap)	BAD_LOGFILES="/var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/bootstrap.log"
 							;;
 					cdebootstrap)	BAD_LOGFILES="/var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/bootstrap.log /var/log/apt/history.log /var/log/apt/term.log"
 							;;
+					# $BAD_LOGFILES removal is being discussed in #1019697 for debootstrap and #1019698 for cdebootstrap
 				esac
 				for i in $BAD_LOGFILES ; do
 					cleanup_unreproducible_file logfile "$i"