diff --git a/libs/temporal/tempo.cc b/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
index d7b0220f6d..873cbb7177 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
+++ b/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
@@ -2868,7 +2868,6 @@ void
 TempoMap::init ()
 {
 	SharedPtr new_map (new TempoMap (Tempo (120), Meter (4, 4)));
-	cerr << "\n\n\n INITIALIZE TMP MGR " << &_map_mgr << " \n\n\n";
 	_map_mgr.init (new_map);
 	fetch ();
 }