diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index ffcfdb7a..7f30578a 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -504,9 +504,7 @@ void tf_ssb_db_init(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 		_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN flags INTEGER");
 	}
 
-	tf_printf("Optimizing...\n");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "PRAGMA optimize=0x10002");
-	tf_printf("Done optimizing.\n");
 	tf_ssb_release_db_writer(ssb, db);
 }