diff --git a/package/drop_versions.py b/package/drop_versions.py
index e2eef7a656..b4d2a9d3fd 100755
--- a/package/drop_versions.py
+++ b/package/drop_versions.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ def drop_version(todrop, obj):
     out = [];
     for o in obj:
         version = o['version'].encode('ascii')
-        if version == todrop:
-            print("Dropping version {0}".format(todrop))
-        else:
+        if version != todrop:
             out.append(o)
     return out