diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp
index ea05cc0250..c3f39f33c3 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ enum{ACCEPT,REJECT,PROCEED,CONTINUE,GUESSFAIL,RESTORE};
 FixBondReact::FixBondReact(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
 Fix(lmp, narg, arg)
 {
-  setbuf(stdout, NULL);
-
   fix1 = NULL;
   fix2 = NULL;
   fix3 = NULL;