diff --git a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
index 6643f64e5a6b49..e316768572f1fb 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ public <T> CommonPanacheQueryImpl<T> project(Class<T> type) {
         }
 
         // build select clause with a constructor expression
-        StringBuilder selectClause = new StringBuilder("SELECT ");
-        selectClause.append(getParameterFromClass(type, null));
-        System.out.println(selectClause);
+        String selectClause = "SELECT " + getParameterFromClass(type, null);
         return new CommonPanacheQueryImpl<>(this, selectClause + selectQuery,
                 "select count(*) " + selectQuery);
     }
diff --git a/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java b/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
index 7ececab540d911..0f6e5dbdced0df 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ public <T> CommonPanacheQueryImpl<T> project(Class<T> type) {
         }
 
         // build select clause with a constructor expression
-        StringBuilder selectClause = new StringBuilder("SELECT ");
-        selectClause.append(getParameterFromClass(type, null));
-        System.out.println(selectClause);
+        String selectClause = "SELECT " + getParameterFromClass(type, null);
         return new CommonPanacheQueryImpl<>(this, selectClause + selectQuery,
                 "select count(*) " + selectQuery);
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
index c3bbc1e142edc8..ad085c0e79988f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-panache/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/panache/reactive/PanacheFunctionalityTest.java
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ void testDogDto2Projection(UniAsserter asserter) {
                         .project(DogDto2.class)
                         .firstResult(),
                 dogDto2 -> {
+                    Assertions.assertNotNull(dogDto2);
                     Assertions.assertEquals("kit", dogDto2.name);
                     Assertions.assertEquals("hum", dogDto2.owner.name);
                 });