diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/screenDriver/ptyDriver.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/screenDriver/ptyDriver.py
index 0e1f480d..2fd6dbdb 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/screenDriver/ptyDriver.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/screenDriver/ptyDriver.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ class driver(screenDriver):
         # respect timeout but wait a little bit of time to see if something more is here
         while screen_utils.hasMore(fd,0.0000001):
             if (time.time() - starttime) >= timeout:
-                print('timeout')
                 break
             data = os.read(fd, 65536)
             if data == b'':