diff --git a/hermesv3_bu/tools/checker.py b/hermesv3_bu/tools/checker.py
index 07db83ba8b281f6072c6633a5a90d2527cf99fb5..bb43017dd1e905916eea6ef5593fb9f786dc9f3c 100644
--- a/hermesv3_bu/tools/checker.py
+++ b/hermesv3_bu/tools/checker.py
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ def check_files(file_path_list, warning=False):
     for file_path in file_path_list:
         if not os.path.exists(file_path):
             files_not_found.append(file_path)
-    print('CHECKING')
     if len(files_not_found) > 0:
         error_message = "*ERROR* (Rank {0}) File/s not found:".format(MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank())
         for file_path in files_not_found:
             error_message += "\n\t{0}".format(file_path)
-        print('CHECKED')
         if warning:
             print(error_message.replace('ERROR', 'WARNING'))
             warn(error_message.replace('ERROR', 'WARNING'))