diff --git a/src/signal_handler.c b/src/signal_handler.c
index 3b2fdd3b840aca7215240226920e8a4e63f2a167..21ed7c66f4de3af91b86f39b01f2b6e26845dddf 100644
--- a/src/signal_handler.c
+++ b/src/signal_handler.c
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ static RETSIGTYPE receive_signal(int signum)
 #endif
 #endif
 #endif
-    fprintf(stderr,"pid %d died with code %d\n",(int)pid,status);
 
     if(pid>0)
     {
@@ -336,7 +335,6 @@ static void exit_pid_status(struct object *o)
 static void report_child(int pid,
 			 int status)
 {
-  fprintf(stderr,"pid %d exited with status %d\n",pid,status);
 
   if(pid_mapping)
   {