diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/TranscriptAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/TranscriptAdaptor.pm
index 2c45a74945035c9801bd54d508deb45c8595cbf5..c99149d6fc46fde4defef9d69d98bcc3c724fb05 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/TranscriptAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/TranscriptAdaptor.pm
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ sub fetch_all_by_Gene {
     $slice = $gslice;
   }
 
-print "Fetching all transcripts for slice " . $slice->name() . "\n";
   my $transcripts =
     $self->fetch_all_by_Slice_constraint( $slice, $constraint );