diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index b679875fd2..8a7528f4d2 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ class SMTP:
                     raise OSError("nonnumeric port")
         if not port:
             port = self.default_port
-        if self.debuglevel > 0:
-            self._print_debug('connect:', (host, port))
         self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
         self.file = None
         (code, msg) = self.getreply()