diff --git a/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/sourceFile.ts b/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/sourceFile.ts
index 49b55b2dcd07..b4587254b3c9 100644
--- a/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/sourceFile.ts
+++ b/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/sourceFile.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ export class SourceFile {
 
             return this.fileSystem.readFileSync(this._filePath, 'utf8');
         } catch (error) {
-            this._console.error(`Error reading file "${this._filePath}": ${error}`);
             return undefined;
         }
     }