diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_hcheck.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_hcheck.c
index 5a0265a646..73c6b96b1e 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_hcheck.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_hcheck.c
@@ -921,9 +921,6 @@ static apr_status_t hc_watchdog_callback(int state, void *data,
 
         case AP_WATCHDOG_STATE_RUNNING:
             /* loop thru all workers */
-            ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE5, 0, s,
-                         "Run of %s watchdog.",
-                         HCHECK_WATHCHDOG_NAME);
             if (s) {
                 int i;
                 conf = (proxy_server_conf *) ap_get_module_config(s->module_config, &proxy_module);