diff --git a/render/font.c b/render/font.c
index 8996290f..00f456fc 100644
--- a/render/font.c
+++ b/render/font.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ RrFont *RrFontOpen(const RrInstance *inst, char *fontstring)
 void RrFontClose(RrFont *f)
 {
     if (f) {
-        g_message("freeing %p", f);
         XftFontClose(RrDisplay(f->inst), f->xftfont);
         g_free(f);
     }