diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 54f2902..9f6547b 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ client.on('message', message => {
                     // Checks for banned author's using a hard coded list of discord ids.
                     // Also rudely cleans garbage entries.
                     let banned_authors = ['143999140878090240'];
-                    message.channel.send('isAuthorBanned:' + banned_authors.includes(message.author.id));
                     if (!banned_authors.includes(message.author.id)) {
 
                         let messageSplit = message.content.substring(2).split(' ');