diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-spaces-print-log.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-spaces-print-log.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03e69e764b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-spaces-print-log.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Remove fmt.Print statement from decomposedfs
+
+The logs have been spammed with messages like `could not create symlink for ...` when using the decomposedfs, eg. with the oCIS storage.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/1988
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
index 122a329d28..b9995fa68e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ package decomposedfs
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/url"
@@ -232,10 +231,10 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) createStorageSpace(spaceType, nodeID string) error {
 	}
 
 	// we can reuse the node id as the space id
-	err := os.Symlink("../../nodes/"+nodeID, filepath.Join(fs.o.Root, "spaces", spaceType, nodeID))
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("could not create symlink for '%s' space %s, %s\n", spaceType, nodeID, err)
-	}
+	_ = os.Symlink("../../nodes/"+nodeID, filepath.Join(fs.o.Root, "spaces", spaceType, nodeID))
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	fmt.Printf("could not create symlink for '%s' space %s, %s\n", spaceType, nodeID, err)
+	//}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go
index a9337658a0..770f260129 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/tree/tree.go
@@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ func (t *Tree) Setup(owner string) error {
 			if isRootNode(nodePath) {
 				// create personal space
 				// we can reuse the node id as the space id
-				err = os.Symlink("../../nodes/"+nodes[i].Name(), filepath.Join(t.root, "spaces/personal", nodes[i].Name()))
-				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("could not create symlink for personal space %s, %s\n", nodes[i].Name(), err)
-				}
+				_ = os.Symlink("../../nodes/"+nodes[i].Name(), filepath.Join(t.root, "spaces/personal", nodes[i].Name()))
+				//if err != nil {
+				//	fmt.Printf("could not create symlink for personal space %s, %s\n", nodes[i].Name(), err)
+				//}
 			}
 
 			// is it a shared node? -> create shared space
 			if isSharedNode(nodePath) {
-				err = os.Symlink("../../nodes/"+nodes[i].Name(), filepath.Join(t.root, "spaces/share", nodes[i].Name()))
-				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("could not create symlink for shared space %s, %s\n", nodes[i].Name(), err)
-				}
+				_ = os.Symlink("../../nodes/"+nodes[i].Name(), filepath.Join(t.root, "spaces/share", nodes[i].Name()))
+				//if err != nil {
+				//	fmt.Printf("could not create symlink for shared space %s, %s\n", nodes[i].Name(), err)
+				//}
 			}
 		}
 	} else if !fi.IsDir() {