diff --git a/checks/backups/flake-module.nix b/checks/backups/flake-module.nix
index 097327b34..ec0c27632 100644
--- a/checks/backups/flake-module.nix
+++ b/checks/backups/flake-module.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ in
               )
               client.succeed("chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
               client.wait_for_unit("sshd", timeout=30)
-              print(client.succeed("ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@client hostname"))
+              client.succeed("ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new root@client hostname")
 
               # dummy data
               client.succeed("mkdir /var/test-backups")