diff --git a/libs/canvas/canvas.cc b/libs/canvas/canvas.cc
index 6d8900a62b..05b1f10aa3 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/canvas.cc
+++ b/libs/canvas/canvas.cc
@@ -1541,7 +1541,6 @@ GtkCanvasViewport::on_size_request (Gtk::Requisition* req)
 	Distance height;
 
 	_canvas.root()->size_request (width, height);
-	cerr << "OSR size canvas to " << width << " x " << height << endl;
 	_canvas.request_size (Duple (width, height));
 
 	req->width = width;