diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/misc/TestRig.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/misc/TestRig.java
index 3df12aa08..00a297b1a 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/misc/TestRig.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/misc/TestRig.java
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ public class TestRig {
 		Parser parser = parserCtor.newInstance(tokens);
 
 		parser.setErrorHandler(new DiagnosticErrorStrategy<Token>());
-		parser.getInterpreter().setTrace(true);
 
 		if ( printTree || gui || psFile!=null ) {
 			parser.setBuildParseTree(true);