diff --git a/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/__init__.py b/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/__init__.py
index 10df65a459..4fd9bf187c 100644
--- a/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/__init__.py
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ def write(output: Union[ifcopenshell.file, str], filepath: str) -> None:
         return
     elif isinstance(output, str):
         if os.path.exists(output):
-            print('DEBUG shutil')
             shutil.move(output, filepath)
         else:
             with open(filepath, "w") as text_file: