diff --git a/src/mesa_pd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mesa_pd/CMakeLists.txt
index 19eef8bf9d7e9858eb03113dba4c20c02782dda5..b71b17698f74b9cfeb176332344f95f8eeb301c4 100644
--- a/src/mesa_pd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mesa_pd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ add_subdirectory( vtk )
 if(OPENMESH_CORE_FOUND)
     set( WALBERLA_MESAPD_CONVEX_POLYHEDRON_AVAILABLE ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
     target_link_libraries( mesa_pd PUBLIC mesh_common )
-    message( STATUS "MESA-PD: ConvexPolyhedron shape is available (OpenMesh dependency satisfied)" )
+    message( DEBUG "MESA-PD: ConvexPolyhedron shape is available (OpenMesh dependency satisfied)" )
 else()
     set( WALBERLA_MESAPD_CONVEX_POLYHEDRON_AVAILABLE OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
-    message( STATUS "MESA-PD: ConvexPolyhedron shape is unavailable (OpenMesh not found)" )
+    message( DEBUG "MESA-PD: ConvexPolyhedron shape is unavailable (OpenMesh not found)" )
 endif()
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