diff --git a/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/HtmlMessageBodyWriter.java b/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/HtmlMessageBodyWriter.java
index 8bd93d52d4a..4a33e7560c8 100644
--- a/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/HtmlMessageBodyWriter.java
+++ b/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/HtmlMessageBodyWriter.java
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ public long getSize(OrcidMessage message, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annot
     @Override
     public void writeTo(OrcidMessage message, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType, MultivaluedMap<String, Object> httpHeaders,
             OutputStream entityStream) throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
-        System.err.println("HTML Oh noooooo");
-        if (true) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("HTML Yay");
-        }            
-
         entityStream.write(message.toString().getBytes());
     }
 }