diff --git a/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx b/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx
index 4f22d4ad5e..4993fc5fc5 100644
--- a/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/particlesystem/spriteParticleRenderer.cxx
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ SpriteParticleRenderer(Texture *tex) :
   _color_interpolation_manager(new ColorInterpolationManager(_color))
 {
   init_geoms();
-
-  /*
-  if(use_qpgeom)
-    cout<<"using qpgeoms"<<endl;
-  else
-    cout<<"not using qpgeoms"<<endl;
-  */
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////