diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/binaryXml.cxx b/direct/src/plugin/binaryXml.cxx
index 338a0f0e85..e46abd54ea 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/binaryXml.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/binaryXml.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 
-static const bool debug_xml_output = true;
+static const bool debug_xml_output = false;
 
 #define DO_BINARY_XML 1