diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java
index fbdf7e548b4b9..285e16fd03d1b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ public Iterator<? extends ToXContent> toXContentChunked(ToXContent.Params params
         if (dropNullColumns) {
             for (int c = 0; c < keepColumns.length; c++) {
                 keepColumns[c] = allColumnsAreNull(c) == false;
-                System.err.println(c + " "  + keepColumns[c]);
             }
         } else {
             Arrays.fill(keepColumns, true);