diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/parser/TabFileLoader.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/parser/TabFileLoader.java
index 8220065d5ed11e50a397f0ae3f87a4a016fcee3b..5e12f7388955749e28d63bb55489da883dfe100b 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/parser/TabFileLoader.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/parser/TabFileLoader.java
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ public class TabFileLoader<T>
         public final Line next()
         {
             String text = unescapeQuotes(lineIterator.nextLine());
-            System.out.println("line " + lineNumber + ": " + text);
             return new Line(++lineNumber, text);
         }