diff --git a/pdf.c b/pdf.c
index 88e34567f6587162639406b8328007be4f6bf563..0569ac8a3beff00aa16ae8be435f8b1e021c2ced 100644
--- a/pdf.c
+++ b/pdf.c
@@ -2786,7 +2786,6 @@ lookup_xref(struct Env *aux, size_t nr, size_t gen)
 
 			if( nr >= base && nr - base < n && check_null_object(ss->seq->elements[1]->seq->elements[nr-base]))
 			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "XRef in section %ld subsection %ld id %ld is null.\n", i, j, nr-base); //DEBUG
 				/* xref type was invalid during parsing */
 				return NULL;
 			}