diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/SndfileDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/SndfileDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 34b214339..73c8ac945 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/SndfileDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/SndfileDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ gcc_pure
 static SampleFormat
 sndfile_sample_format(const SF_INFO &info)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "SNDFILE format=%d\n", info.format & SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK);
-
 	switch (info.format & SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK) {
 	case SF_FORMAT_PCM_S8:
 	case SF_FORMAT_PCM_U8: