diff --git a/middleware/kubernetes/controller.go b/middleware/kubernetes/controller.go
index c72031078..5de16d61c 100644
--- a/middleware/kubernetes/controller.go
+++ b/middleware/kubernetes/controller.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package kubernetes
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ func (dns *dnsController) Stop() error {
 
 // Run starts the controller.
 func (dns *dnsController) Run() {
-	log.Printf("[debug] starting k8s controller: %s\n", dns)
 	go dns.endpController.Run(dns.stopCh)
 	go dns.svcController.Run(dns.stopCh)
 	go dns.nsController.Run(dns.stopCh)
diff --git a/middleware/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/middleware/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 741eb306f..569e089e0 100644
--- a/middleware/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/middleware/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ func (k *Kubernetes) InitKubeCache() error {
 	}
 	k.APIConn = newdnsController(kubeClient, k.ResyncPeriod, k.Selector)
 
-	log.Printf("[debug] k8s controller initialized: %s\n", k)
-
 	return err
 }