diff --git a/benchmarks/backgrounds/org2py.awk b/benchmarks/backgrounds/org2py.awk
index b26864e8..0d23cf25 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backgrounds/org2py.awk
+++ b/benchmarks/backgrounds/org2py.awk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ BEGIN {
 	in_src = 1
 	match($0, /^ */)
 	spaces = RLENGTH
-	print "import time; import sys; sys.stderr.write(f\"{time.asctime()}\\n\")"
 	next
 }