diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx
index cd489885adbba..28474544f40b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx
@@ -253,11 +253,10 @@ export class EmbeddablePanel extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         return bOrder - aOrder;
       });
 
-    const contextMenu = await buildContextMenuForActions({
+    return await buildContextMenuForActions({
       actions: sorted,
       actionContext: { embeddable: this.props.embeddable },
       closeMenu: this.closeMyContextMenuPanel,
     });
-    return contextMenu;
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx
index 4a95432172eb1..3dce2c1f4c257 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_actions/public/context_menu/build_eui_context_menu_panels.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export async function buildContextMenuForActions<A>({
     title: i18n.translate('uiActions.actionPanel.title', {
       defaultMessage: 'Options',
     }),
-    // needs to take content instead of items
     items: menuItems,
   };
 }
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ export async function buildContextMenuForActions<A>({
 /**
  * Transform an array of Actions into the shape needed to build an EUIContextMenu
  */
-// needs to render content instead of array of items
 async function buildEuiContextMenuPanelItems<A>({
   actions,
   actionContext,