diff --git a/src/filelist.c b/src/filelist.c
index 94baa063c9a04e5bb877496b372f4ccc7404749b..63b3f65ae6858663e4878829d5ee58a0632a97e0 100644
--- a/src/filelist.c
+++ b/src/filelist.c
@@ -319,11 +319,8 @@ int feh_file_info_load(feh_file * file, Imlib_Image im)
 
 	if (im)
 		im1 = im;
-	else if (!feh_load_image(&im1, file) || !im1) {
-		if (!opt.quiet)
-			weprintf("couldn't load %s", file->filename);
+	else if (!feh_load_image(&im1, file) || !im1)
 		return(1);
-	}
 
 	file->info = feh_file_info_new();