diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
index dd43c1fc4..17f371a52 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ func (cmd CmdForget) Execute(args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if policy.Empty() {
-		cmd.global.Verbosef("no expire policy configured, exiting\n")
 		return nil
 	}