diff --git a/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc b/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc
index 2ba941eab0..f792c48784 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ DiskReader::run (BufferSet& bufs, samplepos_t start_sample, samplepos_t end_samp
 			AudioBuffer& disk_buf ((ms & MonitoringInput) ? scratch_bufs.get_audio(n) : output);
 
 			if (start_sample != playback_sample && target_gain != 0) {
-				cerr << name() << " Not at start (" << start_sample << ") ps = " << playback_sample << " iseek (" << start_sample - playback_sample << endl;
 				if (can_internal_playback_seek (start_sample - playback_sample)) {
 					internal_playback_seek (start_sample - playback_sample);
 				} else {