diff --git a/libavformat/bit.c b/libavformat/bit.c
index ad55a55cb1..2cec5e95d0 100644
--- a/libavformat/bit.c
+++ b/libavformat/bit.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ static int probe(AVProbeData *p)
 {
     int i;
     i=AV_RL16(&p->buf[0]);
-av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "bit probe: %x\n", i);
     if(i != SYNC_WORD)
         return 0;