diff --git a/tests/command_line/test_chargemol_caller.py b/tests/command_line/test_chargemol_caller.py
index 1764853e7a6..3c59f0ccdfa 100644
--- a/tests/command_line/test_chargemol_caller.py
+++ b/tests/command_line/test_chargemol_caller.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ def test_parse_chargemol(monkeypatch, mock_xyz):
 
 
 def fake_download(self, version: str = "latest", verbose: bool = True) -> None:
-    print("fake download")
     extraction_path = "~/.cache/pymatgen/ddec"
     os.makedirs(os.path.expanduser(extraction_path), exist_ok=True)