diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 813ff303de..0348940907 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -8572,8 +8572,6 @@ Editor::midi_action (void (MidiRegionView::*method)())
 {
 	MidiRegionSelection ms = selection->midi_regions();
 
-	cerr << "MIDI action with " << ms.size() << " midi regions\n";
-
 	for (MidiRegionSelection::iterator i = ms.begin(); i != ms.end(); ++i) {
 
 		MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*> (*i);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_streamview.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_streamview.cc
index b638a64999..bde41c1fc5 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_streamview.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_streamview.cc
@@ -724,7 +724,6 @@ MidiStreamView::get_regions_with_selected_data (RegionSelection& rs)
 
 		if (!mrv->selection().empty()) {
 			rs.add (*i);
-			cerr << "added region " << mrv->get_item_name() << " to RwSD\n";
 		}
 	}
 }