diff --git a/IPython/core/pylabtools.py b/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
index da5bf9d..17f472f 100644
--- a/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
+++ b/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def print_figure(fig, fmt='png', **kwargs):
     )
     # **kwargs get higher priority
     kw.update(kwargs)
-    print(kw)
     
     bytes_io = BytesIO()
     fig.canvas.print_figure(bytes_io, **kw)