diff --git a/bob/learn/misc/MAP_gmm_trainer.cpp b/bob/learn/misc/MAP_gmm_trainer.cpp
index 48ce97c8b2d25cae94c868d839a44d221544517e..1ffa4d297cfec099c3f76084f383c444d0d4d2a2 100644
--- a/bob/learn/misc/MAP_gmm_trainer.cpp
+++ b/bob/learn/misc/MAP_gmm_trainer.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static int PyBobLearnMiscMAPGMMTrainer_init_base_trainer(PyBobLearnMiscMAPGMMTra
                                                                  &aux)))
     reynolds_adaptation = false;
   else{
-    std::cout << PyDict_Contains(kwargs, keyword_alpha) << std::endl;  
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "%s. The third argument must be a keyword argument.", Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
     MAP_GMMTrainer_doc.print_usage();
     return -1;