diff --git a/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh b/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh
index 36f1dbae9..eb2073024 100755
--- a/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh
+++ b/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ while [ -e "$FILENAME" ] ; do
   inotifywait -e ATTRIB -t 10 "$FILENAME" > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
 done
 
-echo "containerfile '$FILENAME' was removed; initiating stop on container with id:"
-echo -n "  "
-$RUNNER stop "$CONTAINER_ID"
+$RUNNER stop "$CONTAINER_ID" > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
 
 $CLEANUPSCRIPT