diff --git a/DetectorDescription/Core/src/DDCompactView.cc b/DetectorDescription/Core/src/DDCompactView.cc
index 207001c86c6f9..3b234dabc31f5 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/Core/src/DDCompactView.cc
+++ b/DetectorDescription/Core/src/DDCompactView.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ void DDCompactView::position (const DDLogicalPart & self,
 			      const DDRotation & rot,
 			      const DDDivision * div)
 {
-  std::cout << "DDCompactView::position " << self << " with translation " << trans << " and rotation " << rot << "\n";
   int cpno = atoi(copyno.c_str());
   position(self,parent,cpno,trans,rot, div);
 }