diff --git a/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_pkgs.py b/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_pkgs.py
index ffa0a1a4bc7248820a12de0f4da697551932fb24..83b8f238bb76e900bbfc48565c9688313bb431ec 100644
--- a/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_pkgs.py
+++ b/mx.fastr/mx_fastr_pkgs.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _create_testdot(rvm):
     os.mkdir(testdir)
     return testdir
 
-def _log_timestamp(state, step, rvariant):
+def _log_timestamp():
     if not quiet:
         print "timestamp: {0}".format(str(datetime.now()))