diff --git a/thin-provisioning/static_library_emitter.cc b/thin-provisioning/static_library_emitter.cc
index 184a458..973ec17 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/static_library_emitter.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/static_library_emitter.cc
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ thin_provisioning::create_custom_emitter(string const &shared_lib, ostream &out)
 	if (shared_lib != "tmakatos_emitter.so")
 		throw runtime_error(shared_lib + ": no such emitter");
 
-	cout << "XXX creating tmakatos_emitter" << endl;
-	cout << flush;
-
 	return emitter::ptr(new tmakatos_emitter::binary_emitter(out));
 }