diff --git a/bin/www/localPackage.js b/bin/www/localPackage.js
index 1c2f4a2..9d9c861 100644
--- a/bin/www/localPackage.js
+++ b/bin/www/localPackage.js
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ var LocalPackage = (function (_super) {
         var _this = this;
         LocalPackage.getCurrentOrDefaultPackage(function (oldPackage) {
             LocalPackage.backupPackageInformationFile(function (backupError) {
-                backupError && CodePushUtil.logMessage("First update: back up package information skipped. ");
                 _this.writeNewPackageMetadata(deployDir, function (writeMetadataError) {
                     if (writeMetadataError) {
                         installError && installError(writeMetadataError);
diff --git a/www/localPackage.ts b/www/localPackage.ts
index edd234b..a9845c0 100644
--- a/www/localPackage.ts
+++ b/www/localPackage.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ class LocalPackage extends Package implements ILocalPackage {
     private finishInstall(deployDir: DirectoryEntry, installOptions: InstallOptions, installSuccess: SuccessCallback<InstallMode>, installError: ErrorCallback): void {
         LocalPackage.getCurrentOrDefaultPackage((oldPackage: LocalPackage) => {
             LocalPackage.backupPackageInformationFile((backupError: Error) => {
-                backupError && CodePushUtil.logMessage("First update: back up package information skipped. ");
                 /* continue on error, current package information is missing if this is the first update */
                 this.writeNewPackageMetadata(deployDir, (writeMetadataError: Error) => {
                     if (writeMetadataError) {