diff --git a/source/extensions/http/cache/file_system_http_cache/cache_eviction_thread.h b/source/extensions/http/cache/file_system_http_cache/cache_eviction_thread.h
index 7d002482f9fc..6cc0b4851f1f 100644
--- a/source/extensions/http/cache/file_system_http_cache/cache_eviction_thread.h
+++ b/source/extensions/http/cache/file_system_http_cache/cache_eviction_thread.h
@@ -93,13 +93,12 @@ class CacheEvictionThread final : public Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::cache_filt
    */
   void terminate();
 
-  // These two mutexes are never held at the same time. We signify this by requiring
-  // that both be 'acquired before' the other, since there is no exclusion annotation.
-  absl::Mutex mu_ ABSL_ACQUIRED_BEFORE(cache_mu_);
+  // These two mutexes are never held at the same time; no ordering annotation is needed.
+  absl::Mutex mu_;
   bool signalled_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_) = false;
   bool terminating_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_) = false;
 
-  absl::Mutex cache_mu_ ABSL_ACQUIRED_BEFORE(mu_);
+  absl::Mutex cache_mu_;
   // We must store the caches as unowned references so they can be destroyed
   // during config changes - that destruction is the only signal that a cache
   // instance should be removed.