diff --git a/src/lib66/tree/tree_service_add.c b/src/lib66/tree/tree_service_add.c
index ee01bd426e02c224402ae433e2304761cb906317..f6fa8d2cde4e71c128bd44b7098f6a0e800a78b9 100644
--- a/src/lib66/tree/tree_service_add.c
+++ b/src/lib66/tree/tree_service_add.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ void tree_service_add(char const *base, char const *treename, char const *servic
     resolve_wrapper_t_ref wres = resolve_set_struct(DATA_TREE, &tres) ;
     stralloc sa = STRALLOC_ZERO ;
 
-    log_trace("modify field contents of resolve tree file: ", treename) ;
-
     if (!resolve_read_g(wres, base, treename))
         log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "read resolve file of tree: ", treename) ;