diff --git a/src/math/lp/monomial_bounds.cpp b/src/math/lp/monomial_bounds.cpp
index 3b245981d5..eab39c9d01 100644
--- a/src/math/lp/monomial_bounds.cpp
+++ b/src/math/lp/monomial_bounds.cpp
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ namespace nla {
 
     bool monomial_bounds::propagate_nonfixed(monic const& m, rational const& k, lpvar w) {
         if (c().val(m.var()) == k * c().val(w)) {
-            verbose_stream() << "non-fixed\n";
-            //return false;
+            return false;
         }
         vector<std::pair<lp::mpq, unsigned>> coeffs;        
         coeffs.push_back({-k, w});