diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FastCharStream.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FastCharStream.java
index 8c995befcd1..6eafaf2313a 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FastCharStream.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/FastCharStream.java
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public final class FastCharStream implements CharStream {
     try {
       input.close();
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      System.err.println("Caught: " + e + "; ignoring.");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/standard/parser/FastCharStream.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/standard/parser/FastCharStream.java
index bd6ad056a03..3fc9e8adccc 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/standard/parser/FastCharStream.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/standard/parser/FastCharStream.java
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public final class FastCharStream implements CharStream {
     try {
       input.close();
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      System.err.println("Caught: " + e + "; ignoring.");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/surround/parser/FastCharStream.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/surround/parser/FastCharStream.java
index 4116eec3b2c..e2215410460 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/surround/parser/FastCharStream.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/surround/parser/FastCharStream.java
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ public final class FastCharStream implements CharStream {
     try {
       input.close();
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      System.err.println("Caught: " + e + "; ignoring.");
     }
   }