diff --git a/src/core/qgsmaplayer.cpp b/src/core/qgsmaplayer.cpp
index 606cc2be492..f0001d535d1 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsmaplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsmaplayer.cpp
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ QString QgsMapLayer::loadNamedProperty( const QString &uri, QgsMapLayer::Propert
 {
   QgsDebugMsgLevel( QString( "uri = %1 myURI = %2" ).arg( uri, publicSource() ), 4 );
 
-  QgsDebugMsgLevel( "loadNamedProperty", 2 );
   resultFlag = false;
 
   QDomDocument myDocument( QStringLiteral( "qgis" ) );