diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 386e6753..cc48d66a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ NEWS
 ====
 
 - 1.4.37
+  * [mod_proxy] remove debug log line from error log (fixes #2659)
 
 - 1.4.36 - 2015-07-26
   * use keep-alive timeout while waiting for HTTP headers; use always the read timeout while waiting for the HTTP body
diff --git a/src/mod_proxy.c b/src/mod_proxy.c
index b7e543fe..79ec6ee2 100644
--- a/src/mod_proxy.c
+++ b/src/mod_proxy.c
@@ -940,7 +940,6 @@ static handler_t proxy_handle_fdevent(server *srv, void *ctx, int revents) {
 		case 1:
 			/* we are done */
 			proxy_connection_close(srv, hctx);
-			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "s", "proxy request finished");
 
 			joblist_append(srv, con);
 			return HANDLER_FINISHED;