diff --git a/initramfs-init b/initramfs-init
index 5033af73bd8b55c1ef329b48c95e8e2dccf7fdbe..e3fd2ca31b4bc56965fc41062fce1439b3926a4f 100755
--- a/initramfs-init
+++ b/initramfs-init
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ done
 sync
 
 ln -sf /.modloop/modules $NEWROOT/lib/modules
-
-echo -e "\nStarting $(cut -f1 $NEWROOT/.alpine-release)" 
+echo ""
 if [ -x $NEWROOT/sbin/init ]; then
 	exec /bin/busybox switch_root $NEWROOT /sbin/init $KOPT_init_args
 fi