diff --git a/libbb/gz_open.c b/libbb/gz_open.c
index 1be5a171d..19ec0a066 100644
--- a/libbb/gz_open.c
+++ b/libbb/gz_open.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ extern int gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
 		/* child process */
 		close(unzip_pipe[0]);
 		unzip(compressed_file, fdopen(unzip_pipe[1], "w"));
-		printf("finished unzipping\n");
 		fflush(NULL);
 		fclose(compressed_file);
 		close(unzip_pipe[1]);