diff --git a/home/programs/terminal/shell/zsh/rc/fallback_term.zsh b/home/programs/terminal/shell/zsh/rc/fallback_term.zsh
index 64e1ee2..7a8c4ae 100644
--- a/home/programs/terminal/shell/zsh/rc/fallback_term.zsh
+++ b/home/programs/terminal/shell/zsh/rc/fallback_term.zsh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # fall back to xterm. This fixes SSH connections from unknown terminals
 
 if ! infocmp "$TERM" &>/dev/null; then
-  local original="$TERM"
+  echo "Setting \$TERM to xterm-256color due to missing terminfo entry for $TERM."
   export TERM=xterm-256color
-  echo "TERM set to $TERM due to missing terminfo entry for $original."
 fi