diff --git a/libgettext-ocaml/pr_gettext.ml b/libgettext-ocaml/pr_gettext.ml
index d78cf21..47d93e5 100644
--- a/libgettext-ocaml/pr_gettext.ml
+++ b/libgettext-ocaml/pr_gettext.ml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct
       }
 
   let string_of_ocaml_string str =
-    prerr_endline str;
     Scanf.sscanf 
       (Printf.sprintf "\"%s\"" str)
       "%S"