diff --git a/src/runtime2/consensus.rs b/src/runtime2/consensus.rs
index e0ae0d1004a4669e57bab2fcaff4615debac4a99..828dbe3f6c374a16fc5bbb171365482950c1b05b 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/consensus.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/consensus.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ impl Consensus {
     pub fn notify_of_new_branch(&mut self, parent_branch_id: BranchId, new_branch_id: BranchId) {
         // If called correctly. Then each time we are notified the new branch's
         // index is the length in `branch_annotations`.
-        println!("DEBUG: Branch {} became forked into {}", parent_branch_id.index, new_branch_id.index);
         debug_assert!(self.branch_annotations.len() == new_branch_id.index as usize);
         let parent_branch_annotations = &self.branch_annotations[parent_branch_id.index as usize];
         let new_marker = BranchMarker::new(self.branch_markers.len() as u32);