diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 34b8ebd3e05..aa213fcfd18 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
+    HDFS-5034.  Remove debug prints from GetFileLinkInfo (Andrew Wang via Colin
+    Patrick McCabe)
 
 Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index 55be4be4960..d7a18a60ac8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -707,11 +707,9 @@ public class ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
     try {
       HdfsFileStatus result = server.getFileLinkInfo(req.getSrc());
       if (result != null) {
-        System.out.println("got non null result for getFileLinkInfo for " + req.getSrc());
         return GetFileLinkInfoResponseProto.newBuilder().setFs(
             PBHelper.convert(result)).build();
       } else {
-        System.out.println("got  null result for getFileLinkInfo for " + req.getSrc());
         return VOID_GETFILELINKINFO_RESPONSE;      
       }