diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt
index f8048d3e1db00c2361159a9b654b9282d787eeac..b9fd16ae05bf7470e56da7ecff2c91c458b33274 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 include_directories(BEFORE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 include_directories(${ARCH_SOURCES_DIR})
 
-add_definitions(-DFEATURE_AUTO_TRACE)
+# EventPipe stress testing support
+# add_definitions(-DFEATURE_AUTO_TRACE)
 add_definitions(-DUNICODE)
 add_definitions(-D_UNICODE)
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/vm/autotrace.cpp b/src/coreclr/src/vm/autotrace.cpp
index d74a3934cb727ae3c5bf9280287eefa26752912a..90529dd808eaf87fa3d9155d1bebc844a2a13113 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/vm/autotrace.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/vm/autotrace.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ void auto_trace_signal()
     #undef SetEvent
     #endif
     static size_t nCalls = 0;
-    fprintf(stdout, "%d", nCalls);
     if (++nCalls == g_n_tracers)
         SetEvent(auto_trace_event);
 }