diff --git a/Frameworks/OakSystem/src/reader.cc b/Frameworks/OakSystem/src/reader.cc
index 153cf672..e5051098 100644
--- a/Frameworks/OakSystem/src/reader.cc
+++ b/Frameworks/OakSystem/src/reader.cc
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ namespace io
 
 		iterate(it, tmp)
 		{
+			// required check as we may receive a post-EOF “bytes available” with ‘it->length == 0’
 			if(clients_consumed_eof.find(it->client_key) == clients_consumed_eof.end())
 			{
 				std::map<size_t, reader_t*>::iterator client = client_to_callback.find(it->client_key);
@@ -119,10 +120,6 @@ namespace io
 				if(it->length == 0)
 					clients_consumed_eof.insert(it->client_key);
 			}
-			else
-			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "*** got %zu bytes for client which already received EOF\n", it->length);
-			}
 			delete it->bytes;
 		}
 	}