diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib b/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib
index 8b30b9b91..7ffc17afc 100644
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib
@@ -3861,8 +3861,6 @@ function directory_diff # dir_a dir_b
 	# do not match there is a "c" entry in one of the columns).
 	if rsync --version | grep -q "[, ] crtimes"; then
 		args+=("--crtimes")
-	else
-		log_note "This rsync package does not support --crtimes (-N)."
 	fi
 
 	# If we are testing a ZIL replay, we need to ignore timestamp changes.