diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index fa47374a269..43a9532e270 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ do_configure() {
 	export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}"
 	export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}"
 
-echo $_args
 	CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash \
 		./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man \
 		--infodir=/usr/share/info --libexecdir=/usr/lib --libdir=/usr/lib \