diff --git a/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp b/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
index 22da5ed15..04b1fe1df 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ string createRewrittenFileName(const string& name) {
   fs::path p(name); 
   fs::path newpath = fs::path(p.parent_path().string()) / fs::path(p.stem().string() + "-rewritten.txt" );
 
-  printf("New path = %s\n", newpath.string().c_str() );
   return   newpath.string();
 }
 #endif