diff --git a/muscima/cropobject.py b/muscima/cropobject.py
index 1186d41..ac731b0 100644
--- a/muscima/cropobject.py
+++ b/muscima/cropobject.py
@@ -1098,15 +1098,10 @@ def scale(self, zoom=1.0):
         new_top = int(self.top * zoom)
         new_left = int(self.left * zoom)
 
-        print('Cropobject {}:\n\tbefore rescale: {}'.format(self.uid, self.bounding_box))
-
         self.x = new_top
         self.y = new_left
         self.height = new_height
         self.width = new_width
-
-        print('\tafter rescale:  {}'.format(self.bounding_box))
-        print('\tnew mask shape: {}'.format(new_mask_shape))
         self.mask = new_mask