diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index ba3d7feb12..e6587b30f6 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
   end
 
 class Reline::TestCase < Test::Unit::TestCase
+=begin
   puts "Test encoding is #{RELINE_TEST_ENCODING}"
+=end
 
   private def convert_str(input, options = {}, normalized = nil)
     return nil if input.nil?