diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java
index 3d4c2383f..d4bd7fd50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/NumericEntityUnescaper.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public int translate(CharSequence input, int index, Writer out) throws IOExcepti
                     entityValue = Integer.parseInt(input.subSequence(start, end).toString(), 10);
                 }
             } catch(NumberFormatException nfe) {
-            System.err.println("FAIL: " + input.subSequence(start, end) + "[" + start +"]["+ end +"]");
                 return 0;
             }