diff --git a/data/tools/support/friction_stats.py b/data/tools/support/friction_stats.py
index a921632c436979b4d363e8f5ef6880220a50a643..22d5f59da5100977d7d512307cd7e343ad6030c0 100644
--- a/data/tools/support/friction_stats.py
+++ b/data/tools/support/friction_stats.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ def friction_stats(h5file, body_ID, FINAL_TIME, patch=[], interval=[]):
     if len(patch) == 0:
         patch = np.linspace(0, len(coords)-1, len(coords), endpoint=True, dtype='int8')
 
-    print(len(patch))
-
     # read time
     time = np.array(h5file['relativeTime']) * FINAL_TIME
     time = np.delete(time, 0)