diff --git a/nd2reader/stitched.py b/nd2reader/stitched.py
index 41bd43e3f4b52a1d1d9e36e883536fbe6a70f191..9721e212d31fe30b1c76675e12c11f0aee637476 100644
--- a/nd2reader/stitched.py
+++ b/nd2reader/stitched.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ def get_unwanted_bytes_ids(image_group_data, image_data_start, height, width):
     n_unwanted_bytes = (len(image_group_data[image_data_start:])) % (height * width)
     if not n_unwanted_bytes:
         return np.arange(0)
-    print(n_unwanted_bytes)
     assert 0 == n_unwanted_bytes % height, (
         "An unexpected number of extra bytes was encountered based on the expected"
         + " frame size, therefore the file could not be parsed."