diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc
index 83572ebc0a..41c55df619 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc
@@ -568,8 +568,6 @@ ARDOUR_UI::load_session_from_startup_fsm ()
 	const BusProfile bus_profile = startup_fsm->bus_profile;
 	const bool   session_was_not_named = (!startup_fsm->session_name_edited && ARDOUR_COMMAND_LINE::session_name.empty());
 
-	std::cout  << " loading from " << session_path << " as " << session_name << " templ " << session_template << " is_new " << session_is_new << " bp " << bus_profile.master_out_channels << std::endl;
-
 	if (session_is_new) {
 
 		if (build_session (session_path, session_name, session_template, bus_profile, true, session_was_not_named)) {