diff --git a/gracedb/translator.py b/gracedb/translator.py
index 9f1a03671682f84ff9ac2b1892bec04141a81325..0917b52ac4e78730b66fc24edfe10abbd55aaaa9 100644
--- a/gracedb/translator.py
+++ b/gracedb/translator.py
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ def insert_ligolw_tables(xml_filename):
     out += p.stdout.read()
     if out.find("OK") != 0:
         coinc_id = None
-        try:
-            f = open('/tmp/foo','a')
-            f.write("ERROR (stdin): %s\n" % out)
-            f.write("ERROR (stderr): %s\n" % err)
-            f.close()
-        except: pass
     else:
         coinc_id = out[2:].strip()
     return coinc_id