diff --git a/src/mqtt/transport/tls/mqtt_tls.c b/src/mqtt/transport/tls/mqtt_tls.c
index e10f2c32..1004b734 100644
--- a/src/mqtt/transport/tls/mqtt_tls.c
+++ b/src/mqtt/transport/tls/mqtt_tls.c
@@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@ mqtts_tcptran_ep_connect(void *arg, nni_aio *aio)
 		ep->backoff = ep->backoff > ep->backoff_max
 		    ? (nni_duration) (nni_random() % 1000)
 		    : ep->backoff;
-		log_debug("reconnect in %ld", ep->backoff);
 		nni_msleep(ep->backoff);
 	} else {
 		ep->backoff = nni_random()%2000;