diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmd/slurmd.c b/src/slurmd/slurmd/slurmd.c
index f652d842f4825a9b215f5f2459c2eb0b74848df9..e6f1edccdfcfb1542e66eaa809c58d092c7e23f0 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmd/slurmd.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmd/slurmd.c
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ static int _core_spec_init(void)
 	pid_t pid;
 
 	if ((conf->core_spec_cnt == 0) && (conf->cpu_spec_list == NULL)) {
-		info("No specialized cores configured by default on this node");
+		debug("No specialized cores configured by default on this node");
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 	}
 	if (!check_cgroup_job_confinement()) {