diff --git a/remoting/src/main/java/hudson/remoting/Launcher.java b/remoting/src/main/java/hudson/remoting/Launcher.java
index 2875f7a63ee814eb2bd386bf203e21c8508ce103..92de5341d40758c5b1c78c24bb87ca44921b798d 100644
--- a/remoting/src/main/java/hudson/remoting/Launcher.java
+++ b/remoting/src/main/java/hudson/remoting/Launcher.java
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ public class Launcher {
         Channel channel = new Channel("channel", executor, mode, is, os);
         System.err.println("channel started");
         if(performPing) {
-            System.err.println("Starting periodic ping thread");
+//            System.err.println("Starting periodic ping thread");
             new PingThread(channel) {
                 @Override
                 protected void onDead() {