diff --git a/scripts/benchmark.py b/scripts/benchmark.py
index c0b2fe3..4efd32c 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmark.py
+++ b/scripts/benchmark.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ def submit_benchmark(data, username, console_logging):
     formatter = logging.Formatter(f'%(asctime)s %(hostname)s SDBENCHMARK: {username} %(message)s', datefmt='%b %d %H:%M:%S')
     syslog.setFormatter(formatter)
     remote = logging.getLogger('SDBENCHMARK')
-    remote.error('BLAAA1')
     for h in remote.handlers: # remove local handlers
         remote.removeHandler(h)
     remote.addHandler(syslog)