diff --git a/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.cpp b/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.cpp
index 078628bd67..3a415a66b0 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.cpp
+++ b/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.cpp
@@ -2081,7 +2081,6 @@ void Copter::gcs_check_input(void)
 void Copter::gcs_send_text(MAV_SEVERITY severity, const char *str)
 {
     gcs().send_statustext(severity, 0xFF, str);
-    notify.send_text(str);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2097,7 +2096,6 @@ void Copter::gcs_send_text_fmt(MAV_SEVERITY severity, const char *fmt, ...)
     va_end(arg_list);
     hal.util->vsnprintf((char *)str, sizeof(str), fmt, arg_list);
     gcs().send_statustext(severity, 0xFF, str);
-    notify.send_text(str);
 }
 
 /*