diff --git a/src/nix-env/user-env.cc b/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
index 72e13fceb1..0a619f698f 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ bool createUserEnv(EvalState & state, DrvInfos & elems,
     Path manifestFile = store->addTextToStore("env-manifest.nix",
         (format("%1%") % manifest).str(), references);
 
-    printMsg(lvlError, manifestFile);
-
     /* Get the environment builder expression. */
     Value envBuilder;
     state.eval(parseExprFromFile(state, nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs/buildenv"), envBuilder);