diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_head.S b/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_head.S
index 47f052e3e27..fba688f7828 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_head.S
@@ -196,11 +196,7 @@ primary_core:
     bl    up_earlyserialinit
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
     PRINT(primary_boot, "- Ready to Boot Primary CPU\r\n")
-#else
-    PRINT(cpu_boot, "- Ready to Boot CPU\r\n")
-#endif
 
 cpu_boot: