diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 2d3c118f1f3..c22370e0407 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1643,7 +1643,6 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
             error.original + ".\nPlease restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover.",
             "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR | CClientUIInterface::BTN_ABORT);
         if (!do_retry) {
-            LogError("Aborted block database rebuild. Exiting.\n");
             return false;
         }
         do_reindex = true;