diff --git a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
index 882772098a361e10322ae194dc94814466de7d4c..e378b39f85650dc7506e12977337f854e790e0e2 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ def merge_entities(entity_a: Entity, entity_b: Entity):
             for attribute in ("datatype", "unit", "value"):
                 if (attribute in diff_r2["properties"][key] and
                         diff_r2["properties"][key][attribute] is not None):
-                    print(diff_r2["properties"][key][attribute])
                     if (diff_r1["properties"][key][attribute] is None):
                         setattr(entity_a.get_property(key), attribute,
                                 diff_r2["properties"][key][attribute])