diff --git a/scripts/checksrc.pl b/scripts/checksrc.pl
index 7b9f814709..2806b70405 100755
--- a/scripts/checksrc.pl
+++ b/scripts/checksrc.pl
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ while(defined $file) {
     }
     elsif($file =~ /^-b(.*)/) {
         $banfunc{$1} = $1;
-        print STDERR "ban use of \"$1\"\n";
+        # print STDERR "ban use of \"$1\"\n";
         $file = shift @ARGV;
         next;
     }