diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix
index 0aa1bc1385af..3a9f97c45776 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ pkgs.runCommand "nixpkgs-release-checks"
         fi
 
         s1=$(sha1sum packages1 | cut -c1-40)
-        echo $s1
 
         nix-env -f $src2 \
             --show-trace --argstr system "$platform" \