diff --git a/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx b/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx
index 031e53ffe0..4f22d4ad5e 100644
--- a/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ SpriteParticleRenderer(Texture *tex) :
 {
   init_geoms();
 
+  /*
   if(use_qpgeom)
     cout<<"using qpgeoms"<<endl;
   else
     cout<<"not using qpgeoms"<<endl;
+  */
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////