diff --git a/Cantera/src/converters/ck2ct.cpp b/Cantera/src/converters/ck2ct.cpp
index 05f0f4646..5913c4ba5 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/converters/ck2ct.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/converters/ck2ct.cpp
@@ -414,8 +414,6 @@ namespace pip {
         const char* tr_file, const char* id_tag, bool debug) {
         ckr::CKReader r;
 
-        cout << "convert_ck: debug = " << debug << endl;
-
         r.validate = true;
         r.debug = debug;
         //int i=1;