diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/thneed/thneed_qcom2.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/thneed/thneed_qcom2.cc
index a3bfb8a8c2..21de15d17c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/thneed/thneed_qcom2.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/thneed/thneed_qcom2.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ int ioctl(int filedes, unsigned long request, void *argp) {
   }
 
   int ret = my_ioctl(filedes, request, argp);
-  if (ret != 0) printf("ioctl returned %d with errno %d\n", ret, errno);
+  // NOTE: This error message goes into stdout and messes up pyenv
+  // if (ret != 0) printf("ioctl returned %d with errno %d\n", ret, errno);
   return ret;
 }