diff --git a/rdflib/plugins/stores/sparqlstore.py b/rdflib/plugins/stores/sparqlstore.py
index 0bea8af5b..ead63fcf3 100644
--- a/rdflib/plugins/stores/sparqlstore.py
+++ b/rdflib/plugins/stores/sparqlstore.py
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ def remove(self, spo, context):
             self.commit()
 
     def _do_update(self, update):
-        print update
         self.resetQuery()
         self.setQuery(update)
         self.setMethod(POST)