diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
index 4fe817200e..0222dd6b3b 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
@@ -1518,7 +1518,6 @@ void
 Editor::reset_focus ()
 {
 	track_canvas->grab_focus();
-	cerr << "Track canvas now has focus? " << track_canvas->has_focus() << endl;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc b/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc
index 8319888c49..54519546d0 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc
@@ -406,8 +406,6 @@ GainMeterBase::gain_activated ()
 {
 	float f;
 
-	cerr << "GAin display activated\n";
-
 	{
 		// Switch to user's preferred locale so that
 		// if they use different LC_NUMERIC conventions,
@@ -430,9 +428,6 @@ GainMeterBase::gain_activated ()
 
 	if (gain_display.has_focus()) {
 		PublicEditor::instance().reset_focus();
-		cerr << "reset focus\n";
-	} else {
-		cerr << "leave focus alone\n";
 	}
 }