diff --git a/lib/Parrot/Configure/Compiler.pm b/lib/Parrot/Configure/Compiler.pm
index f1eb752153..e995bb7391 100644
--- a/lib/Parrot/Configure/Compiler.pm
+++ b/lib/Parrot/Configure/Compiler.pm
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ sub genfile {
             my ($op, $expr, $rest);
             # allow multiple keys and nested parens here
             if (($op,$expr,$rest)=($line =~ m/^#(IF|UNLESS|ELSIF)\((.+)\):(.*)/s)) {
-#print STDERR "$line\n";
                 $conf->debug("genfile(): line: $line");
                 if (($op eq 'ELSIF') and $former_truth) {
                     next LINE;  # no useless check if former IF was true
@@ -667,7 +666,6 @@ sub cond_eval_single {
 sub cond_eval {
     my $conf = $_[0];
     my $expr = $_[1];
-#print STDERR "cond_eval expr:  $expr\n";
     $conf->debug("cond_eval(): $expr\n");
     my @count = split /[\s!&|\(]+/, $expr; # optimizable with tr
     my $truth = 0;