diff --git a/src/ML-SNAP/pair_snap.cpp b/src/ML-SNAP/pair_snap.cpp
index 6a108ad3dd..3ba14c5872 100644
--- a/src/ML-SNAP/pair_snap.cpp
+++ b/src/ML-SNAP/pair_snap.cpp
@@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ void PairSNAP::read_files(char *coefffilename, char *paramfilename)
       if (keywd == "rinner") {
         keyval = words[iword];
         for (int ielem = 0; ielem < nelements; ielem++) {
-          printf("rinnerelem = %p ielem = %d nelements = %d iword = %d nwords = %d\n",rinnerelem, ielem, nelements, iword, nwords);
           rinnerelem[ielem] = utils::numeric(FLERR,keyval,false,lmp);
           iword++;
         }