diff --git a/util/mk1mf.pl b/util/mk1mf.pl
index ba2e2a4f52bda90b2fc83039f9449ed915f29cbc..26a5d036ede3a8c41a58003caea915c76c439eb9 100755
--- a/util/mk1mf.pl
+++ b/util/mk1mf.pl
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ $inc_dir=(defined($VARS{'INC'}))?$VARS{'INC'}:$inc_def;
 
 $bin_dir=$bin_dir.$o unless ((substr($bin_dir,-1,1) eq $o) || ($bin_dir eq ''));
 
-print STDERR "XCFLAGS is $xcflags\n";
-
 $cflags= "$xcflags$cflags" if $xcflags ne "";
 
 $cflags.=" -DOPENSSL_NO_IDEA" if $no_idea;