diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index 52e0ab7cee..38e9448ecb 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ function set_var(&$result, $var, $type, $multibyte = false)
 		// Check for possible multibyte characters to save a preg_replace call if nothing is in there...
 		if ($multibyte && strpos($result, '&#') !== false)
 		{
-			echo "HERE";
 			$result = preg_replace('#&(\#[0-9]+;)#', '&\1', $result);
 		}
 	}