diff --git a/cubids/tests/test_bond.py b/cubids/tests/test_bond.py
index 8fe2fb1a..28211cc2 100644
--- a/cubids/tests/test_bond.py
+++ b/cubids/tests/test_bond.py
@@ -988,10 +988,6 @@ def test_validator(tmp_path):
     call = build_validator_call(str(data_root) + "/complete")
     ret = run_validator(call)
 
-    # DEBUG: 
-    print(ret.stdin.decode('UTF-8'))
-    print(ret.stdout.decode('UTF-8'))
-
     assert ret.returncode == 0
     parsed = parse_validator_output(ret.stdout.decode("UTF-8"))
 
diff --git a/cubids/validator.py b/cubids/validator.py
index f3685249..d7e52fe4 100644
--- a/cubids/validator.py
+++ b/cubids/validator.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ def build_validator_call(path, ignore_headers=False):
     if ignore_headers:
         command.append("--ignoreNiftiHeaders")
 
-    command.append(path)
-
     return command