diff --git a/src/BackgroundRenderer/CairoOutputDev/CairoOutputDev.cc b/src/BackgroundRenderer/CairoOutputDev/CairoOutputDev.cc
index 1efb033..ff52824 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundRenderer/CairoOutputDev/CairoOutputDev.cc
+++ b/src/BackgroundRenderer/CairoOutputDev/CairoOutputDev.cc
@@ -1319,9 +1319,6 @@ void CairoOutputDev::endString(GfxState *state)
 GBool CairoOutputDev::beginType3Char(GfxState *state, double x, double y,
 				      double dx, double dy,
 				      CharCode code, Unicode *u, int uLen) {
-  //debug
-printf("DEBUG: beginType3Char\n");
-
   cairo_save (cairo);
   double *ctm;
   cairo_matrix_t matrix;