diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 662a06f6cc4fe040072923613a538ee1fe108a82..5457b0df1f386a763a2b4f84204aaad068431443 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1001,7 +1001,6 @@ trace_apk_deps() {
 	# add pkgconfig if usr/lib/pkgconfig is found
 	if [ -d "$pkgbasedir"/$name/usr/lib/pkgconfig ] \
 			&& ! grep -q '^depend = pkgconfig' "$dir"/.PKGINFO; then
-		msg "  added pkgconfig (found /usr/lib/pkgconfig)"
 		autodeps="$autodeps pkgconfig"
 	fi