diff --git a/hostapd/main.c b/hostapd/main.c
index e42069ba9..9bca26e35 100644
--- a/hostapd/main.c
+++ b/hostapd/main.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ hostapd_interface_init(struct hapd_interfaces *interfaces, const char *if_name,
 	struct hostapd_iface *iface;
 	int k;
 
-	wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "Configuration file: %s", config_fname);
+	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Configuration file: %s", config_fname);
 	iface = hostapd_init(interfaces, config_fname);
 	if (!iface)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/src/ap/hostapd.c b/src/ap/hostapd.c
index 516d571ae..55dd11e06 100644
--- a/src/ap/hostapd.c
+++ b/src/ap/hostapd.c
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ static int hostapd_setup_bss(struct hostapd_data *hapd, int first)
 	conf->ssid.short_ssid = crc32(conf->ssid.ssid, conf->ssid.ssid_len);
 
 	if (!hostapd_drv_none(hapd)) {
-		wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "Using interface %s with hwaddr " MACSTR
+		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Using interface %s with hwaddr " MACSTR
 			   " and ssid \"%s\"",
 			   conf->iface, MAC2STR(hapd->own_addr),
 			   wpa_ssid_txt(conf->ssid.ssid, conf->ssid.ssid_len));