diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/FBUtilities.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/FBUtilities.java
index 9dfd085179..69b29f23fc 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/FBUtilities.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/FBUtilities.java
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ public class FBUtilities
     public static byte[] readByteArray(DataInput in) throws IOException
     {
         int length = in.readInt();
-        logger_.debug(length);
         byte[] bytes = new byte[length];
         in.readFully(bytes);
         return bytes;