diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/optimize.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/optimize.rs
index 9230c5068..74340205d 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/optimize.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/optimize.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ impl Cmd {
             wasm_out.set_extension("optimized.wasm");
             wasm_out
         });
-        println!("Writing to: {}...", wasm_out.to_string_lossy());
 
         let mut options = OptimizationOptions::new_optimize_for_size_aggressively();
         options.converge = true;