diff --git a/modules/io/src/mol/pdb_writer.cc b/modules/io/src/mol/pdb_writer.cc
index 46d9cfb337a415fb81a2ead94f521dd1ff66ee64..4aa0553e775444acdb8c34ba7cccc60399f2b9b3 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/mol/pdb_writer.cc
+++ b/modules/io/src/mol/pdb_writer.cc
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ void write_atom(std::ostream& ostr, FormattedLine& line,
                 const mol::AtomHandle& atom, int atomnum, 
                 bool is_pqr, bool charmm_style)
 {
-  std::cout << atom << std::endl;
   mol::ResidueHandle res=atom.GetResidue();
   char ins_code=res.GetNumber().GetInsCode();
   StringRef record_name(atom.IsHetAtom() ? "HETATM" : "ATOM  ", 6);