diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 2f834f196..d4788a1bb 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 1 December 2015: Wouter
 	- Fixup 724 fix for fname_after_chroot() calls.
+	- Remove stdout printout for unbound-service-install.exe
 
 30 November 2015: Ralph
 	- Implemented qname minimisation
diff --git a/winrc/unbound-service-install.c b/winrc/unbound-service-install.c
index a6ce11a2a..438bd770d 100644
--- a/winrc/unbound-service-install.c
+++ b/winrc/unbound-service-install.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 /** Install service main */
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-	FILE* out = stdout;
+	FILE* out = NULL; /* set stdout for debug output to stdout */
 	/* out = fopen("unbound-service-install.log", "w");*/
 	if(argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "start")==0) {
 		wsvc_rc_start(out);
diff --git a/winrc/unbound-service-remove.c b/winrc/unbound-service-remove.c
index 2a285b09a..ea486f318 100644
--- a/winrc/unbound-service-remove.c
+++ b/winrc/unbound-service-remove.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 /** Remove service main */
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-	FILE* out = stdout;
+	FILE* out = NULL; /* stdout for debug output */
 	/* out = fopen("unbound-service-remove.log", "w");*/
 	if(argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "stop")==0) {
 		wsvc_rc_stop(out);