diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/UserTextureDownloadService.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/UserTextureDownloadService.cs
index b48762827d..e46bf6df86 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/UserTextureDownloadService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/UserTextureDownloadService.cs
@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules
                         {
                             if (missingTextureLimitStrategy.IsFirstRefusal(e.RequestedAssetID))
                             {
-                                m_log.DebugFormat(
-                                    "[USER TEXTURE DOWNLOAD SERVICE]: Dropping requests for notified missing texture {0} for client {1} since we have received more than {2} requests",
-                                    e.RequestedAssetID, m_client.AgentId, MAX_ALLOWED_TEXTURE_REQUESTS);
+                                // Commenting out this message for now as it causes too much noise with other 
+                                // debug messages.  
+                                // TODO: possibly record this as a statistic in the future
+                                //
+//                                m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                                    "[USER TEXTURE DOWNLOAD SERVICE]: Dropping requests for notified missing texture {0} for client {1} since we have received more than {2} requests",
+//                                    e.RequestedAssetID, m_client.AgentId, MAX_ALLOWED_TEXTURE_REQUESTS);
                             }       
                             
                             return;