diff --git a/Source/cmcmd.cxx b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
index de76d734ee..cbc8e8f4ae 100644
--- a/Source/cmcmd.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
@@ -586,8 +586,6 @@ int cmcmd::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
       }
 
       if (filesDiffer) {
-        std::cerr << "Files \"" << args[args.size() - 2] << "\" to \""
-                  << args[args.size() - 1] << "\" are different.\n";
         return 1;
       }
       return 0;
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_compare_files-different-eol-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_compare_files-different-eol-stderr.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4729ccb8fa..0000000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_compare_files-different-eol-stderr.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-^Files ".*/compare_files/lf" to ".*/compare_files/crlf" are different.$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_compare_files-ignore-eol-nonexistent-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_compare_files-ignore-eol-nonexistent-stderr.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a9ca81f88..0000000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_compare_files-ignore-eol-nonexistent-stderr.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-^Files "nonexistent_a" to "nonexistent_b" are different.$