diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkzone/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/checkzone/tests.sh
index 98d6ac37f4..6a8fe092ac 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/checkzone/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkzone/tests.sh
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ ret=0
 echo_i "checking integer overflow is prevented in \$GENERATE ($n)"
 $CHECKZONE -D example.com zones/generate-overflow.db >test.out.$n 2>&1 || ret=1
 lines=$(grep -c CNAME test.out.$n)
-echo $lines
 [ "$lines" -eq 1 ] || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))