diff --git a/debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py b/debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py
index 4b2d86c664..ccc184fbd1 100755
--- a/debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py
+++ b/debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def strip_color (input, output):
     for line in input:
         while "\x1b" in line:
             line = _escape.sub ("", line)
-        print output.write (line)
+        output.write (line)
 
 def main ():