diff --git a/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_CudaSpace.cpp b/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_CudaSpace.cpp
index 603d06af00b..5973f39e6af 100644
--- a/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_CudaSpace.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_CudaSpace.cpp
@@ -197,9 +197,6 @@ bool initializeMempool(const int device_id, const cudaStream_t stream,
                        cudaError_t &error_code) {
   error_code = cudaSuccess;
 
-  std::cout << "Initializing Default Memory Pool for device " << device_id
-            << "\n";
-
   // Interpret env var
   char *env_string = getenv("KOKKOS_CUDA_MEMPOOL_SIZE");
   if (!env_string) return true;  // Nothing to set, initialization is complete