diff --git a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
index bba6660..b863e16 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
+++ b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/MetadataManager.java
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
                     if (metadataNode != null) {
                         break;
                     }
-                    System.err.println("sleeping for " + sleep + " ms");
                     Thread.sleep(sleep);
                     sleep *= 4;
                 }