diff --git a/modules/util/viirs.py b/modules/util/viirs.py
index 9092d04005b1bec7b31b95bf3f4dcca1c3c66582..bc3fe21d944b08e37465ae99a5ce0e59a4072408 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs.py
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ def run_mean_std(directory):
                 h5f = h5py.File(mfile, 'r')
                 for param in mod_res_params:
                     name = 'observation_data/'+param
-                    print(name)
                     gvals = get_grid_values_all(h5f, name, range_name=None, stride=10)
                     data_dct[param].append(gvals.flatten())
                 print(mfile)