diff --git a/scrapy/core/engine.py b/scrapy/core/engine.py
index 7258a7ee0..0bf1665d0 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/engine.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/engine.py
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ class ExecutionEngine(object):
         if slot.closing:
             return slot.closing
         log.msg(format="Closing spider (%(reason)s)", reason=reason, spider=spider)
-        log.msg(format='hohohoohoo %(aaa)s', spider=spider, aaa='12')
 
         dfd = slot.close()