diff --git a/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c b/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c
index 5fb0ffe6..1a0bfbab 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ vips_foreign_load_pdf_file_open( VipsForeignLoadPdf *pdf )
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#endif /*DEBUG*/
 	printf( "vips_foreign_load_pdf_file_open: %s\n", file->filename );
+#endif /*DEBUG*/
 
 	if( !file->uri &&
 		file->filename ) { 
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/util.c b/libvips/iofuncs/util.c
index 14feb5c1..5d55a3b3 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/util.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/util.c
@@ -1901,8 +1901,6 @@ vips_realpath( const char *path )
 	 * linux systems with grsec, since it works by opening /proc/self/fd.
 	 */
 
-	printf( "vips_realpath: path = %s\n", path );
-
 	if( !g_path_is_absolute( path ) ) {
 		char *cwd;
 
@@ -1913,8 +1911,6 @@ vips_realpath( const char *path )
 	else
 		real = g_strdup( path );
 
-	printf( "    result = %s\n", real );
-
 	return( real );
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_streams.sh b/test/test_streams.sh
index 22ecadde..c0a578e5 100755
--- a/test/test_streams.sh
+++ b/test/test_streams.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # test load and save via stream*u
 
-set -x
+# set -x
 set -e
 
 . ./variables.sh