diff --git a/src/runner.c b/src/runner.c
index d645770f2bc294a0b397347c27d17af0d3457fea..a3c87d90d9c735702714ae6a31e9999643b7d7e4 100644
--- a/src/runner.c
+++ b/src/runner.c
@@ -647,8 +647,6 @@ void runner_do_star_formation(struct runner *r, struct cell *c, int timer) {
             /* Did we get a star? (Or did we run out of spare ones?) */
             if (sp != NULL) {
 
-              message("Formed a star!!!");
-
               /* Copy the properties of the gas particle to the star particle */
               star_formation_copy_properties(p, xp, sp, e, sf_props, cosmo,
                                              with_cosmology);