diff --git a/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds b/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds
index a811614c58..32c8b5146c 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds
+++ b/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ if [ -n "$CEPH_USER" ]; then
     RBD="$RBD --id ${CEPH_USER}"
 fi
 
-echo "$RBD copy $RBD_DST $DST" > /tmp/k
 ssh_exec_and_log "$SRC_HOST" "$RBD copy $RBD_DST $DST" \
                  "Error cloning $RBD_DST to $DST in $SRC_HOST"