diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/MessagePublishingAnnotationUsageTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/MessagePublishingAnnotationUsageTests.java
index d03c76741c..846aba14f2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/MessagePublishingAnnotationUsageTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/MessagePublishingAnnotationUsageTests.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class MessagePublishingAnnotationUsageTests {
 
 		@Publisher(channel="messagePublishingAnnotationUsageTestChannel")
 		public String argumentAsPayload(@Payload String fname, @Header String lname) {
-			System.out.println("###### INVOKING");
 			return fname + " " + lname;
 		}
 	}