diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
index fdb0ddd84b..bc5c0c98fe 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ public class QueueImpl extends CriticalComponentImpl implements Queue {
 
    private final ReusableLatch deliveriesInTransit = new ReusableLatch(0);
 
-   private volatile boolean caused = false;
-
    private final AtomicLong queueRateCheckTime = new AtomicLong(System.currentTimeMillis());
 
    private final AtomicLong messagesAddedSnapshot = new AtomicLong(0);
@@ -766,11 +764,6 @@ public class QueueImpl extends CriticalComponentImpl implements Queue {
     */
    private boolean flushDeliveriesInTransit() {
       try {
-
-         if (!deliveriesInTransit.await(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
-            caused = true;
-            System.err.println("There are currently " + deliveriesInTransit.getCount() + " credits");
-         }
          if (deliveriesInTransit.await(DELIVERY_TIMEOUT)) {
             return true;
          } else {