diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-wt/id2entry.c b/servers/slapd/back-wt/id2entry.c
index e135d18f70..32606bf284 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-wt/id2entry.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-wt/id2entry.c
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ int wt_id2entry( BackendDB *be,
 	cursor->set_key(cursor, id);
 	rc = cursor->search(cursor);
 	if ( rc ) {
-		Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
-			   LDAP_XSTRING(wt_id2entry)
-			   ": search failed: %s (%d)\n",
-			   wiredtiger_strerror(rc), rc, 0 );
 		goto done;
 	}