diff --git a/bigchaindb/config_utils.py b/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
index 68adcaa5..7a350175 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ def file_config(filename=None):
     if filename is None:
         filename = CONFIG_DEFAULT_PATH
 
-    logger.error(filename)
     logger.debug('file_config() will try to open `{}`'.format(filename))
     with open(filename) as f:
         try: