diff --git a/dist/tools/jlink/jlink.sh b/dist/tools/jlink/jlink.sh
index 5a278a61501d0070343b64610e8ea1f731028fc5..dd52e4f156618c0000d85d3497c383d0e4704c07 100755
--- a/dist/tools/jlink/jlink.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/jlink/jlink.sh
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ _JLINK_TERMFLAGS="-ts 19021"
 # a couple of tests for certain configuration options
 #
 test_config() {
-    if [ -z "${HEXFILE}" ]; then
-        echo "no hexfile"
-    else
-        echo "HEXFILE found"
-    fi
-
     if [ -z "${JLINK}" ]; then
         JLINK=${_JLINK}
     fi