diff --git a/src/conio/sdl_con.c b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
index 5829c1990bb5704a181ace8978135be5c6576fa2..7ca024f62795b9c0ed8817d8b9ce72121b1afc27 100644
--- a/src/conio/sdl_con.c
+++ b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,6 @@ int sdl_video_event_thread(void *data)
 	SDL_Event	ev;
 	int			new_scaling = -1;
 	int			old_scaling = vstat.scaling;
-fprintf(stderr, "At start, scaling is %d\n", old_scaling);
 
 	if(!init_sdl_video()) {
 		char	driver[16];