diff --git a/src/MDOutputHandler.php b/src/MDOutputHandler.php
index 74f6e95..41e7c87 100644
--- a/src/MDOutputHandler.php
+++ b/src/MDOutputHandler.php
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ final class MDOutputHandler {
 
         if (self::$disable_completely === true) return;
 
-        echo $this->_verbosity;
         if ($this->_verbosity < 0) return;
 
         if (!empty($this->_log_queue)) {