diff --git a/monai/data/image_reader.py b/monai/data/image_reader.py
index 86702f087a..4d5d7d2137 100644
--- a/monai/data/image_reader.py
+++ b/monai/data/image_reader.py
@@ -922,7 +922,6 @@ def warmup_kvikio(self):
         This can accelerate the data loading process when `to_gpu` is set to True.
         """
         if has_cp and has_kvikio:
-            print("warm up")
             a = cp.arange(100)
             with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp_file:
                 tmp_file_name = tmp_file.name