diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBConnection.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBConnection.pm
index f24959eeeb816dcfe2a507e8d8318db36d69083c..1dfd341f331fd0c52f9fd208f92ca93c6d2a76c5 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBConnection.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBConnection.pm
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ sub connect {
       $self->{'count'}++;
       if($self->{'count'} > 1000){
 	sleep 1;
-	print "sleep\n";
 	$self->{'count'} = 0;
       }
     }