diff --git a/tiatoolbox/wsicore/wsireader.py b/tiatoolbox/wsicore/wsireader.py
index 83b125203..0516ae34a 100644
--- a/tiatoolbox/wsicore/wsireader.py
+++ b/tiatoolbox/wsicore/wsireader.py
@@ -3873,7 +3873,6 @@ def is_valid_zarr_fsspec(file_path: str) -> bool:
         path = Path(file_path)
 
         if path.suffix.lower() != ".json":
-            logger.error("File does not have a .json extension.")
             return False
 
         try: