diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Templates.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Templates.pm
index a9aaf35a92..15100a7548 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Templates.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Templates.pm
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ sub _readTemplateFile {
 
 sub validateFile {
     my $file = shift;
-print STDERR "validateFile($file)\n";
     return -e $file;
 }