diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/External/BlastAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/External/BlastAdaptor.pm
index acebdafdc2d4ad3b5b3a670bd6304670acad25e1..3b48f631cdcfdfb1964c63183ba2791b8d965ba1 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/External/BlastAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/External/BlastAdaptor.pm
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ sub retrieve {
     Bio::Search::HSP::HSPI              hsp
   );
   foreach my $type (keys %METHODS) {
-    warn "Trying $type -> $METHODS{$type}";
     if( UNIVERSAL::isa($caller, $type) ) {
       my $method = "retrieve_$METHODS{$type}";
       return $self->$method( @_ );