diff --git a/scsh/syscalls1.c b/scsh/syscalls1.c
index f053c38..0dcdd90 100644
--- a/scsh/syscalls1.c
+++ b/scsh/syscalls1.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ s48_value wait_pid(s48_value s48_pid, s48_value s48_flags)
   pid_t result_pid;
 
   result_pid = waitpid(pid, &status, flags);
-  fprintf (stderr, "status was %d \n", status);
   return s48_cons ((result_pid == -1) ? s48_enter_fixnum(errno) : S48_FALSE, 
 		   s48_cons (s48_enter_integer (result_pid),
 			     s48_cons (s48_enter_integer (status),