diff --git a/ext/luarocks/deps.lua b/ext/luarocks/deps.lua
index 643f0f4..a3dc248 100644
--- a/ext/luarocks/deps.lua
+++ b/ext/luarocks/deps.lua
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function parse_version(vstring)
          -- extract a word
          token, rest = vstring:match("^(%a+)[%.%-%_]*(.*)")
          if not token then
-            util.printerr("Warning: version number '"..vstring.."' could not be parsed.")
+            -- util.printerr("Warning: version number '"..vstring.."' could not be parsed.")
             version[i] = 0
             break
          end