diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/representation.py b/rest_framework/utils/representation.py
index 0d829a83b..1bfc64c1f 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/representation.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/representation.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def smart_repr(value):
 
     # Representations like u'help text'
     # should simply be presented as 'help text'
-    print type(value), value
     if value.startswith("u'") and value.endswith("'"):
         return value[1:]