diff --git a/runtime/autoload/dist/vim.vim b/runtime/autoload/dist/vim.vim
index d519406530..bb858c5732 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/dist/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/dist/vim.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ if !has('vim9script')
   function dist#vim#IsSafeExecutable(filetype, executable)
     let cwd = getcwd()
     if empty(exepath(a:executable))
-      echomsg a:executable .. " not found in $PATH"
       return v:false
     endif
     return get(g:, a:filetype .. '_exec', get(g:, 'plugin_exec', 0)) &&
diff --git a/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim b/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim
index 8fa9380f57..2277f24533 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ vim9script
 
 export def IsSafeExecutable(filetype: string, executable: string): bool
     if empty(exepath(executable))
-      echomsg executable .. " not found in $PATH"
       return v:false
     endif
     var cwd = getcwd()