diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index e9e6725221..554c9cd157 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ void *av_mallocz(unsigned int size)
 {
     void *ptr;
     
-    if(size == 0) fprintf(stderr, "Warning, allocating 0 bytes\n");
-    
     ptr = av_malloc(size);
     if (!ptr)
         return NULL;