diff --git a/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh b/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh
index 11e3bd5a8b..62d8561d99 100755
--- a/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ esac
 
 if [ -n "$VERBOSE" ] ; then
   echo "$0: about to run: git-mergetool.sh $all_arg --tool=merge-plumelib in $(pwd)"
-  echo "$0: about to run: git-mergetool.sh $all_arg --tool=merge-plumelib in $(pwd)" >&2
   git-mergetool.sh --verbose $all_arg --tool=merge-plumelib
   echo "$0: ran: git-mergetool.sh $all_arg --tool=merge-plumelib in $(pwd)"
-  echo "$0: ran: git-mergetool.sh $all_arg --tool=merge-plumelib in $(pwd)" >&2
 else
   git-mergetool.sh $all_arg --tool=merge-plumelib
 fi