diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 943ae9ff5e..f7d9215ae0 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -24542,9 +24542,10 @@ Bruce  10 Feb 2005
       makes host_has_file() skip the final WU in the vector in hunting for a file.
     - Better log message for setting coredump size.
 I   - Added RCSID tag to sched_timezone.C
+    - Got rid of annoying 'no <host_venue>' tag messages from scheduler
     sched/
         sched_send.C
         sched_locality.C
         main.C
         sched_timezone.C
-
+        server_types.C
diff --git a/sched/server_types.C b/sched/server_types.C
index b2bad2652c..02fdbe57cb 100644
--- a/sched/server_types.C
+++ b/sched/server_types.C
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ int SCHEDULER_REQUEST::parse(FILE* fin) {
             if (!retval) {
                 file_infos.push_back(fi);
             }
+        } else if (match_tag(buf, "<host_venue>")) {
+            // do NOTHING here
         } else {
             log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::NORMAL, "SCHEDULER_REQUEST::parse(): unrecognized: %s\n", buf);
         }