diff --git a/lib/commands/instrument.js b/lib/commands/instrument.js
index c87a0829e..541878b2c 100644
--- a/lib/commands/instrument.js
+++ b/lib/commands/instrument.js
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ exports.handler = function (argv) {
     }
   }
 
-  console.log(`Running nyc from ${process.cwd()}`)
-
   // If instrument is set to false enable a noop instrumenter.
   argv.instrumenter = (argv.instrument)
     ? './lib/instrumenters/istanbul'
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test-nyc-integration.js-TAP.test.js b/tap-snapshots/test-nyc-integration.js-TAP.test.js
index 1dc835a78..5c7adcee6 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test-nyc-integration.js-TAP.test.js
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test-nyc-integration.js-TAP.test.js
@@ -759,7 +759,6 @@ Failed to instrument ./not-strict.js
 `
 
 exports[`test/nyc-integration.js TAP nyc instrument fails on file with \`package\` keyword when es-modules is enabled > stdout 1`] = `
-Running nyc from .
 
 `