diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/BasicPileup.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/BasicPileup.java
index e5dd049a2..4c9d9b00b 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/BasicPileup.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/BasicPileup.java
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ abstract public class BasicPileup implements Pileup {
             if (bestBaseIndex >= 0 && bestBaseIndex < 4) {
                 dist[readIndex][bestBaseIndex] = QualityUtils.qualToProb(read.getBaseQualities()[offset]);
 
-                System.out.println(bestBaseIndex + " " + dist[readIndex][bestBaseIndex]);
-
                 byte[] sqs = (byte[]) read.getAttribute("SQ");
                 if (sqs != null && QualityUtils.compressedQualityToBaseIndex(sqs[offset]) != bestBaseIndex) {
                     int secondBestBaseIndex = QualityUtils.compressedQualityToBaseIndex(sqs[offset]);