diff --git a/src/squarepay/views.py b/src/squarepay/views.py
index 54098a203f146bdf91e1ec2d5f93e4ba51adbe26..2de0dee8a386fa1e4dbc033245caf29cfc9a7bc7 100644
--- a/src/squarepay/views.py
+++ b/src/squarepay/views.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ class MembershipPaymentView(MemberAccessMixin, PaymentFormMixin, DetailView):
             return None
         except MembershipPayment.DoesNotExist as e:
             # found an unpaid membership, but no payment record exists yet
-            messages.success(self.request, "Created payment record for as-yet unpaid membership")
             return create_membership_payment(ms)
         return payment