diff --git a/lib/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb b/lib/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb
+++ b/lib/merb-core/dispatch/dispatcher.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class Merb::Dispatcher
     def handle(rack_env)
       start   = Time.now
       request = Merb::Request.new(rack_env)
-      Merb.logger.info "Started request handling: #{start.to_s}"
       
       route_index, route_params = Merb::Router.match(request)
we actually don't need to log this at all as its logged latert in the _benchmarks