diff --git a/piptools/repositories/pypi.py b/piptools/repositories/pypi.py
index 060e483c1..e99fdc009 100644
--- a/piptools/repositories/pypi.py
+++ b/piptools/repositories/pypi.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def get_hashes(self, ireq):
         if not is_pinned_requirement(ireq):
             raise TypeError("Expected pinned requirement, got {}".format(ireq))
 
-        log.debug("{}".format(ireq.name))
+        log.debug(ireq.name)
 
         with log.indentation():
             hashes = self._get_hashes_from_pypi(ireq)