diff --git a/bin/nodetool.bat b/bin/nodetool.bat
index 416aca52c8..1d3c4e5206 100644
--- a/bin/nodetool.bat
+++ b/bin/nodetool.bat
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
 set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=%CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -Dcassandra.logdir="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\logs"
 set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=%CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -Dcassandra.storagedir="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\data"
 
-echo Starting NodeTool
 "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -cp %CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH% %CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -Dlogback.configurationFile=logback-tools.xml org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeTool %*
 goto finally