diff --git a/lib/reline/config.rb b/lib/reline/config.rb
index a140959ca9..cf46eda5ea 100644
--- a/lib/reline/config.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/config.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class Reline::Config
           end
       end
     rescue Errno::ENOENT
-      $stderr.puts "no such file #{file}"
       return nil
     end