diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 9222f5e1..19cec478 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ commits that introduce the changes.  To make a new release, run
 `tools/mkrelease`, which will handle updating the heading for you.
 
 
+NEXT
+====
+This is a minor maintenance release.
+
+Compiler
+--------
+- Remove internal notice when new system is used to emit code for a
+  particular classification.
+
+
+
 v18.0.0 (2021-06-23)
 ====================
 This release focuses primarily on compiler optimizations that affect runtime
diff --git a/src/current/compiler/js.xsl b/src/current/compiler/js.xsl
index 2612c7e0..8cc6f8c6 100644
--- a/src/current/compiler/js.xsl
+++ b/src/current/compiler/js.xsl
@@ -648,8 +648,6 @@
 <template match="lv:classify" mode="compile" priority="5">
   <param name="symtable-map" as="map(*)" tunnel="yes" />
 
-
-  <message select="concat( 'internal: new: ', @as )" />
   <sequence select="compiler:compile-classify-assign( $symtable-map, . )" />
 </template>