diff --git a/src/unix/dir.cpp b/src/unix/dir.cpp
index e4e9bcffd2..f88a594935 100644
--- a/src/unix/dir.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/dir.cpp
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ wxDirData::wxDirData(const wxString& dirname)
 
     // do open the dir
     m_dir = opendir(m_dirname.fn_str());
-
-    wxLogSysError(12, _("Cannot enumerate files in directory '%s'"),
-                  m_dirname.c_str());
 }
 
 wxDirData::~wxDirData()