diff --git a/cmd/wmii/x11.c b/cmd/wmii/x11.c
index 838c5483..12023b4f 100644
--- a/cmd/wmii/x11.c
+++ b/cmd/wmii/x11.c
@@ -689,13 +689,15 @@ loadfont(char *name) {
 	}else {
 		f->font.set = XCreateFontSet(display, name, &missing, &n, nil);
 		if(missing) {
-			b = Bfdopen(dup(2), O_WRONLY);
-			Bprint(b, "%s: note: missing fontset%s for '%s':", argv0,
-					(n > 1 ? "s" : ""), name);
-			for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
-				Bprint(b, "%s %s", (i ? "," : ""), missing[i]);
-			Bprint(b, "\n");
-			Bterm(b);
+			if(false) {
+				b = Bfdopen(dup(2), O_WRONLY);
+				Bprint(b, "%s: note: missing fontset%s for '%s':", argv0,
+						(n > 1 ? "s" : ""), name);
+				for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
+					Bprint(b, "%s %s", (i ? "," : ""), missing[i]);
+				Bprint(b, "\n");
+				Bterm(b);
+			}
 			freestringlist(missing);
 		}