diff --git a/mininet/node.py b/mininet/node.py
index 759ee85795dddcd2a16b274efcdb2e22da779477..b22e9c7de83dd06db33f86f9a639af3e31c924ef 100644
--- a/mininet/node.py
+++ b/mininet/node.py
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ def start( self, controllers ):
             mac_str = ' --datapath-id=0000' + \
                       ''.join( self.defaultMAC.split( ':' ) ) + ' '
         ports = sorted( self.ports.values() )
-        print ports
         if len( ports ) != ports[ -1 ]:
             raise Exception( 'only contiguous, one-indexed port ranges '
                             'supported: %s' % self.intfs )