diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
index e2f3793025..81b5f13c45 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ rte_eal_cpu_init(void)
 
 		lcore_config[lcore_id].detected = (lcore_id < ncpus);
 		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].detected == 0) {
-			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Skip lcore %u (not detected)\n", lcore_id);
 			config->lcore_role[lcore_id] = ROLE_OFF;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
index d310d85830..03f4ba3a13 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ rte_eal_cpu_init(void)
 	for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
 		lcore_config[lcore_id].detected = cpu_detected(lcore_id);
 		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].detected == 0) {
-			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Skip lcore %u (not detected)\n", lcore_id);
 			config->lcore_role[lcore_id] = ROLE_OFF;
 			continue;
 		}