diff --git a/library/packaging/apt_repository b/library/packaging/apt_repository
index 928b6df060..5dfc74b517 100644
--- a/library/packaging/apt_repository
+++ b/library/packaging/apt_repository
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ def main():
         install_python_apt(module)
 
     repo = module.params['repo']
-    open("/tmp/awx.log", "a").write("repo: %s\n" % repo)
     state = module.params['state']
     update_cache = module.params['update_cache']
     sourceslist = None