diff --git a/nostrdb/midl.c b/nostrdb/midl.c
index 8ecc3fb7..eece1db0 100644
--- a/nostrdb/midl.c
+++ b/nostrdb/midl.c
@@ -172,10 +172,8 @@ int mdb_midl_append_list( MDB_IDL *idp, MDB_IDL app )
 {
 	MDB_IDL ids = *idp;
     
-    if (ids == 0) {
-        printf("txn: HITTING MDB_MIDL_APPEND NULL IDS\n");
+    if (ids == 0)
         return EINVAL;
-    }
 
 	/* Too big? */
 	if (ids[0] + app[0] >= ids[-1]) {