diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4c497346e8d..bba344c3af0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
 
         if self.missing:
             print()
-            print("Python build finished successfully!")
             print("The necessary bits to build these optional modules were not "
                   "found:")
             print_three_column(self.missing)