diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/ucol_swp.cpp b/icu4c/source/common/ucol_swp.cpp
index 2eace2eca35..df1bbc99056 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/ucol_swp.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/ucol_swp.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ ucol_swapBinary(const UDataSwapper *ds,
                 UErrorCode *pErrorCode) {
     const uint8_t *inBytes;
     uint8_t *outBytes;
-    fprintf(stderr, "@@@ ucol_swapBinary\n");
 
     const UCATableHeader *inHeader;
     UCATableHeader *outHeader;