diff --git a/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.I b/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.I
index 91751ee051..cd40a31b36 100644
--- a/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.I
+++ b/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.I
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 INLINE bool VirtualFileSystem::
 exists(const Filename &filename) const {
-  cerr << "exists: " << filename << "\n";
   return get_file(filename, true) != (VirtualFile *)NULL;
 }