diff --git a/src/fix_ave_time.cpp b/src/fix_ave_time.cpp
index 84e07e1171..18003af66c 100644
--- a/src/fix_ave_time.cpp
+++ b/src/fix_ave_time.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ FixAveTime::FixAveTime(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
   // once in end_of_step() can set timestep for ones actually invoked
 
   nvalid = nextvalid();
-  printf("NVALID %d\n",nvalid);
   modify->addstep_compute_all(nvalid);
 }