diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
index 26a3395fe..bea87bcf2 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
@@ -316,45 +316,6 @@ cleanup_context (CoglDisplay *display)
     egl_renderer->platform_vtable->cleanup_context (display);
 }
 
-static void
-print_attribs (EGLDisplay egl_display,
-               EGLConfig  egl_config)
-{
-  const EGLint names[] =
-    {
-      EGL_BUFFER_SIZE,
-      EGL_RED_SIZE,
-      EGL_GREEN_SIZE,
-      EGL_BLUE_SIZE,
-      EGL_ALPHA_SIZE,
-    };
-  struct
-    {
-      EGLint buffer_size;
-      EGLint red_size;
-      EGLint green_size;
-      EGLint blue_size;
-      EGLint alpha_size;
-    } values;
-  int i;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (names); i++)
-    {
-      if (!eglGetConfigAttrib (egl_display,
-                               egl_config,
-                               names[i],
-                               (EGLint *) &values + i))
-        ((EGLint *) &values)[i] = -1;
-    }
-
-  COGL_NOTE (WINSYS, "EGL color depth is %d-bit (R:G:B:A = %d:%d:%d:%d)",
-             (int) values.buffer_size,
-             (int) values.red_size,
-             (int) values.green_size,
-             (int) values.blue_size,
-             (int) values.alpha_size);
-}
-
 static gboolean
 try_create_context (CoglDisplay *display,
                     GError **error)
@@ -470,8 +431,6 @@ try_create_context (CoglDisplay *display,
       !egl_renderer->platform_vtable->context_created (display, error))
     return FALSE;
 
-  print_attribs (egl_renderer->edpy, config);
-
   return TRUE;
 
 fail: