diff --git a/nonfree/controller/CentralDB.cpp b/nonfree/controller/CentralDB.cpp
index c8037e033..8944594b2 100644
--- a/nonfree/controller/CentralDB.cpp
+++ b/nonfree/controller/CentralDB.cpp
@@ -1503,7 +1503,6 @@ void CentralDB::onlineNotificationThread()
 
 				_statusWriter->updateNodeStatus(
 					networkId, memberId, os, arch, version, i->second.physicalAddress, ts, frontend);
-				fprintf(stderr, "sent node status update\n");
 			}
 			_statusWriter->writePending();
 			w.commit();