diff --git a/src/json-editor.c b/src/json-editor.c
index d104b2c9a4f2f4701052367747e92432b68ed5ea..04c03665d75c7294a430e20959f5ce42cef69936 100644
--- a/src/json-editor.c
+++ b/src/json-editor.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <libubox/blobmsg.h>
 #include <libubox/blobmsg_json.h>
@@ -350,10 +349,8 @@ int json_object_set_by_string_delimiter(struct json_object **src, char *fmt, cha
 	int idx[32];
 	int len;
 
-	if (!*src) {
-		printf("lets allocate new object\n");
+	if (!*src)
 		*src = json_object_new_object();
-	}
 
 	ptr = outer_obj = *src;
 	if (!fmt)