diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 39d88701a..25506a077 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
      [clientloop.c]
      avoid NULL deref on receiving a channel request on an unknown or invalid
      channel; report bz#1842 from jchadima AT redhat.com; ok dtucker@
+   - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/11/24 01:24:14
+     [channels.c]
+     remove a debug() that pollutes stderr on client connecting to a server
+     in debug mode (channel_close_fds is called transitively from the session
+     code post-fork); bz#1719, ok dtucker
 
 20101124
  - (dtucker) [platform.c session.c] Move the getluid call out of session.c and
diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index 1cd5004c4..6abe2d012 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.309 2010/08/05 13:08:42 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.310 2010/11/24 01:24:14 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -373,9 +373,6 @@ channel_close_fd(int *fdp)
 static void
 channel_close_fds(Channel *c)
 {
-	debug3("channel %d: close_fds r %d w %d e %d",
-	    c->self, c->rfd, c->wfd, c->efd);
-
 	channel_close_fd(&c->sock);
 	channel_close_fd(&c->rfd);
 	channel_close_fd(&c->wfd);