diff --git a/util/env_posix.cc b/util/env_posix.cc
index 9e1e4da5b3df55a6cc12496f41b882b070c39732..4adf58bccf5b13f53152495e69a3ea13f942baf8 100644
--- a/util/env_posix.cc
+++ b/util/env_posix.cc
@@ -1635,10 +1635,6 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
             WakeUpAllThreads();
           }
           PthreadCall("unlock", pthread_mutex_unlock(&mu_));
-          // TODO(sdong): temp logging. Need to help debugging. Remove it when
-          // the feature is proved to be stable.
-          fprintf(stdout, "Bg thread %zu terminates %llx\n", thread_id,
-                  static_cast<long long unsigned int>(gettid()));
           break;
         }
         void (*function)(void*) = queue_.front().function;