diff --git a/cylc/flow/task_outputs.py b/cylc/flow/task_outputs.py
index 5fb5a93493..92a810f16b 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/task_outputs.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/task_outputs.py
@@ -642,7 +642,6 @@ def iter_required_messages(
             set(self._message_to_compvar.values()),
             force_optional=exclude
         ).items():
-            # breakpoint(header=f"=== {compvar=}, {is_optional=} ===")
             if is_optional is False:
                 for message, _compvar in self._message_to_compvar.items():
                     if _compvar == compvar: