diff --git a/daliuge-common/dlg/restutils.py b/daliuge-common/dlg/restutils.py
index e1b981f3d..7f757ef30 100644
--- a/daliuge-common/dlg/restutils.py
+++ b/daliuge-common/dlg/restutils.py
@@ -199,13 +199,12 @@ def _request(self, url, method, content=None, headers={}):
         # Server errors are encoded in the body as json content
         if self._resp.status != http.HTTPStatus.OK:
 
-            msg = "Error on remote %s@%s:%s%s (status %d) (body %s): " % (
+            msg = "Error on remote %s@%s:%s%s (status %d): " % (
                 method,
                 self.host,
                 self.port,
                 url,
                 self._resp.status,
-                self._resp.read().decode("utf-8")
             )
 
             try: