diff --git a/src/interface/state_descriptor.cpp b/src/interface/state_descriptor.cpp
index 2e0dcc64ee32..5d846e4e4767 100644
--- a/src/interface/state_descriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/interface/state_descriptor.cpp
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ StateDescriptor::GetVariableNames(const std::vector<std::string> &req_names,
       auto &name = p.first;
       auto &pool = p.second;
       auto &meta = pool.shared_metadata();
-      printf("checking %s\n", name.c_str());
       if (MetadataUtils::MatchFlags(flags, meta)) {
         printf("matched flag\n");
         for (const auto &s : pool.pool()) {