diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/develop.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/develop.py
index 4ca6287b27..e90365e02a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/develop.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/develop.py
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in
 which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial
 example, which of.
 '''
-        self.text = 'one, two, three. one two three'
         self.ssml, self.pos_map = add_markup(self.text)
-        print(1111, self.ssml)
         self.current_mark = None
         l.addWidget(la)
         self.bb = bb = QDialogButtonBox(self)