diff --git a/examples/main.c b/examples/main.c
index d0f530a5d5efda79fa2082ae7ee127a97f1feb3f..a49ee879e04e14f40854d0c78e88a8eae6228d6f 100644
--- a/examples/main.c
+++ b/examples/main.c
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   char basename[PARSER_MAX_LINE_SIZE];
   parser_get_param_string(params, "Snapshots:basename", basename);
   const char *dirp = dirname(basename);
-  message("dirp = %s", dirp);
   if (access(dirp, W_OK|X_OK) != 0) {
       error("Cannot write snapshots in directory %s (%s)", dirp,
             strerror(errno));