diff --git a/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py b/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py
index f91232457..3d9dc6afb 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ def get_argv():
         use_last_error=True
     )(("CommandLineToArgvW", windll.shell32))
 
-    import sys
-
     command_line = GetCommandLineW()
-    print("GetCommandLineW() -> {!r}".format(command_line), file=sys.stderr)
     argc = c_int(0)
     argv_unicode = CommandLineToArgvW(command_line, byref(argc))
     if argv_unicode is None: