diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/fficall/src/jni/Rembedded.c b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/fficall/src/jni/Rembedded.c
index 147924bf55b2b23f501b6da5f83f7c622fd4bba2..5aab42e58b92512ac9851bccbbc4a8d57d98ceec 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/fficall/src/jni/Rembedded.c
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/fficall/src/jni/Rembedded.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ int Rf_initialize_R(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		vm_options[i + 1].optionString = vmargs[i];
 	}
 
-	printf("creating vm\n");
-
 	JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
 	vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_8;
 	vm_args.nOptions = 1 + vmargc;