diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index a081aee909..59a58499fa 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -1838,7 +1838,6 @@ Session::XMLRouteFactory_2X (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 
 	} else {
 		PresentationInfo::Flag flags = PresentationInfo::get_flags (node);
-		cerr << "Creating a new bus\n";
 		boost::shared_ptr<Route> r (new Route (*this, X_("toBeResetFroXML"), flags));
 
 		if (r->init () == 0 && r->set_state (node, version) == 0) {