diff --git a/lib/damask/__init__.py b/lib/damask/__init__.py
index 3edaa9efa..fb305cc8c 100644
--- a/lib/damask/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/damask/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from .config      import Material         # noqa
 from .colormaps   import Colormap, Color  # noqa
 try:
   from .corientation import Quaternion, Rodrigues, Symmetry, Orientation # noqa
-  print "Import Cython version of Orientation module"
 except:
   from .orientation import Quaternion, Rodrigues, Symmetry, Orientation # noqa
 #from .block       import Block           # only one class