diff --git a/nselib/http.lua b/nselib/http.lua
index def902042..6d4dfb59f 100644
--- a/nselib/http.lua
+++ b/nselib/http.lua
@@ -1118,7 +1118,6 @@ local function request(host, port, data, options)
 
   method = string.match(data, "^(%S+)")
 
---io.write(data)
   socket, partial = comm.tryssl(host, port, data, { timeout = options.timeout })
 
   if not socket then