diff --git a/pre-receive b/pre-receive
index fe2d140..8b4ebbe 100755
--- a/pre-receive
+++ b/pre-receive
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ if [[ "x${HOME}" == "x" ]]; then
     HOME=`eval echo ~${id}`
     export HOME
 fi
-echo "HOME is ${HOME}" 1>&2
 
 tmpdir=`mktemp -d`
 tmpfile="$tmpdir/candidate"