diff --git a/src/lib66/sanitize/sanitize_system.c b/src/lib66/sanitize/sanitize_system.c
index 88a543a74954f39c3b655c328c7032c93fc1d15c..b5f8eee3fc2b72bd66a0b11c904ae884a0708f8d 100644
--- a/src/lib66/sanitize/sanitize_system.c
+++ b/src/lib66/sanitize/sanitize_system.c
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ int sanitize_system(ssexec_t *info)
 {
     log_flow() ;
 
-    log_trace("sanitize system..." ) ;
-
     int r ;
     size_t baselen = info->base.len ;
     uid_t log_uid ;