diff --git a/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py b/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py
index e5cd5e5dd143..6786f3b60719 100755
--- a/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py
+++ b/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def _fill_template(template_path: str, title: str, pr_num: int) -> str:
         r"\g<1>%d" % pr_num,
         content,
     )
+    content = re.sub(r"\n-   \[TODO: .*?\n", r"\n", content)
     content = re.sub(r"\n## TODO(?:.|\n)*?(\n## )", r"\1", content)
     return content