diff --git a/sicsobj.c b/sicsobj.c
index 330e5933..8f08d396 100644
--- a/sicsobj.c
+++ b/sicsobj.c
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ int InvokeSICSOBJ(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
       status = GetHdbProperty(parNode,"geterror",buffer,sizeof(buffer));
       if (status == 1 && strstr(buffer,"none") == NULL){
        SCPrintf(pCon,eValue,"ERROR: %s on last read of %s", buffer, argv[0]);
-       SCPrintf(pCon,eValue,"%s = -99999", argv[0]);
        return 0;
      }
      status = GetHipadabaPar(parNode, &data, pCon);