diff --git a/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp b/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp
index 4bc59e682..0d99f23d9 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ namespace ctml {
 	  ff = inname;
 	}
         //        rootPtr = &get_XML_File(ff)->child("ctml");
-        rootPtr->write(cout);
+        // rootPtr->write(cout);
         ifstream fin(ff.c_str());
         rootPtr->build(fin);
         fin.close();