diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in
index 095f36d79..41a75adf1 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-channel.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ sub update {
         $url =~ /\/([^\/]+)\/?$/;
         my $channelName = $1;
         $channelName = "unnamed" unless defined $channelName;
-        print "$channelName\n";
 
         my $fullURL = "$url/nixexprs.tar.bz2";
         print "downloading Nix expressions from `$fullURL'...\n";