diff --git a/tools/hacking.py b/tools/hacking.py
index 4e013ae4f7c4..a22e1c6ffdb6 100755
--- a/tools/hacking.py
+++ b/tools/hacking.py
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ def nova_docstring_multiline_end(physical_line):
     """
     pos = max([physical_line.find(i) for i in DOCSTRING_TRIPLE])  # start
     if (pos != -1 and len(physical_line) == pos):
-        print physical_line
         if (physical_line[pos + 3] == ' '):
             return (pos, "NOVA N403: multi line docstring end on new line")