diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
index 254cee9f0b7b..013b85df18c6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
@@ -757,10 +757,6 @@ static int __init apic_set_verbosity(char *str)
 		apic_verbosity = APIC_DEBUG;
 	else if (strcmp("verbose", str) == 0)
 		apic_verbosity = APIC_VERBOSE;
-	else
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "APIC Verbosity level %s not recognised"
-				" use apic=verbose or apic=debug\n", str);
-
 	return 1;
 }