diff --git a/salt/transport/zeromq.py b/salt/transport/zeromq.py
index 2818740d59d5..435561c8e80e 100644
--- a/salt/transport/zeromq.py
+++ b/salt/transport/zeromq.py
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ def close(self):
         self._closing = True
         if hasattr(self, 'message_client'):
             self.message_client.close()
-        else:
-            log.debug('No message_client attr for AsyncZeroMQReqChannel found. Not destroying sockets.')
 
         # Remove the entry from the instance map so that a closed entry may not
         # be reused.