diff --git a/hack/lib/etcd.sh b/hack/lib/etcd.sh
index 307fd52c3b8..5d55fd441ee 100755
--- a/hack/lib/etcd.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/etcd.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ kube::etcd::validate() {
    export PATH=$KUBE_ROOT/third_party/etcd:$PATH
    hash etcd
    echo $PATH
-   ls $KUBE_ROOT/third_party/etcd
    version=$(etcd --version | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 3)
    if [[ "${version}" < "${ETCD_VERSION}" ]]; then
     kube::log::usage "etcd version ${ETCD_VERSION} or greater required."