diff --git a/mysql/client.js b/mysql/client.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/mysql/client.js
+++ b/mysql/client.js
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ function dump(d)
         this.write_packet = function(packet, pnum)
         {
             packet.addHeader(pnum);
-            sys.puts("writing: " + sys.inspect(packet));
             this.connection.write(packet.data, 'binary');
         }
binary encoding in write; debug output removed