diff --git a/mpcdf_common.py b/mpcdf_common.py
index d75cc2e629fa8e11d0dc51773185d5074f69978d..9928d94ac30c4b338bc03591b838b8023a5e5bbd 100644
--- a/mpcdf_common.py
+++ b/mpcdf_common.py
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ Macros:
 
         existing_repo = root.find("./repository[@name='{0}']".format(name))
         if existing_repo is not None:
-            print("Modifying existing repository", name)
             root.remove(existing_repo)
         else:
             print("New repository", name)