diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc.py b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc.py
index e566c70e64a1..81f76a5d12ac 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ class PluginMgr:
             except Exception as ee:
                 print('exception {} in call to pre_case for {} plugin'.
                       format(ee, pgn_inst.__class__))
-                print('test_ordinal is {}'.format(test_ordinal))
                 print('testid is {}'.format(caseinfo['id']))
                 raise