lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm     | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index cb25215d15c39665a9b61895ebed8f98618eba77..8a369ee44c99a5cb50a56d5af06afbe5a08873ad 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ 	run_die([@git, qw(update-ref -d), $tmp]);
 
 	return if $nreplace == 0;
 
-	run_die([@git, qw(-c gc.reflogExpire=now gc --prune=all)]);
+	run_die([@git, qw(-c gc.reflogExpire=now gc --prune=all --quiet)]);
 
 	# check that old OIDs are gone
 	my $err = 0;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 02f313b022c01dc7a52140016a4b1715a20f0f37..ab80941acb64431537b54029613bb42d62776f71 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ 	return if $before == $after;
 
 	# ensure any blob can not longer be accessed via dumb HTTP
 	PublicInbox::Import::run_die(['git', "--git-dir=$git->{git_dir}",
-		qw(-c gc.reflogExpire=now gc --prune=all)]);
+		qw(-c gc.reflogExpire=now gc --prune=all --quiet)]);
 }
 
 sub sync_ranges ($$$) {