diff --git a/lib/poolparty/net/remoter/connections.rb b/lib/poolparty/net/remoter/connections.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/poolparty/net/remoter/connections.rb
+++ b/lib/poolparty/net/remoter/connections.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module PoolParty
                           :timeout      => 3.minutes,
                           :user         => user
                            }.merge(opts)
-      ssh_options_hash[:verbose]=:debug if debugging?
+      # ssh_options_hash[:verbose]=:debug if debugging?
       puts "connecting to ssh with options = #{ssh_options_hash.inspect}"
       Net::SSH.start(host, user, ssh_options_hash) do |ssh|
         cmds.each do |command|
rm'd ssh debugging from debug output. this data is not particularly helpful and it makes it really tricky to read