diff --git a/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerGrab.js b/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerGrab.js
index febeea0c8e..7e9aae17af 100644
--- a/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerGrab.js
+++ b/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerGrab.js
@@ -3552,7 +3552,6 @@ function MyController(hand) {
                 // we appear to be holding something and this script isn't in a state that would be holding something.
                 // unhook it.  if we previously took note of this entity's parent, put it back where it was.  This
                 // works around some problems that happen when more than one hand or avatar is passing something around.
-                print("disconnecting stray child of hand: (" + _this.hand + ") " + childID);
                 if (_this.previousParentID[childID]) {
                     var previousParentID = _this.previousParentID[childID];
                     var previousParentJointIndex = _this.previousParentJointIndex[childID];