diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
index f629dae7ff..395c8918d1 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
   progress() {
     if test "$DEBUG" = yes; then
       echo "### $1 ###"
-    else
-      echo -n "***"
     fi
   }