diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
index 3590952579..07716acba1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ ActionManager::load_menus (const string& menus_file)
 
 	bool loaded = false;
 
-	std::cerr << "Load menus from " << ui_file << std::endl;
-
 	try {
 		ui_manager->add_ui_from_file (ui_file);
 		info << string_compose (_("Loading menus from %1"), ui_file) << endmsg;