diff --git a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
index 6df6e47f29..8b5c88bf01 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
@@ -564,9 +564,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     if attempt == MAX_ATTEMPTS {
-                        return Err(e).context(
-                            "timed out waiting to connect to compute_ctl HTTP; last error: {e}",
-                        );
+                        return Err(e).context("timed out waiting to connect to compute_ctl HTTP");
                     }
                 }
             }