diff --git a/libs/ardour/buffer_manager.cc b/libs/ardour/buffer_manager.cc
index e035e4519a..5a2d941eaf 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/buffer_manager.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/buffer_manager.cc
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ BufferManager::ensure_buffers (ChanCount howmany)
 {
         /* this is protected by the audioengine's process lock: we do not  */
 
-	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::Processors, string_compose ("BufferManager::ensure_buffers (%1)\n", howmany));
-
 	for (ThreadBufferList::iterator i = thread_buffers_list->begin(); i != thread_buffers_list->end(); ++i) {
-		DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::Processors, string_compose ("BufferManager::ensure_buffers, thread buffers @ %1\n", (*i)));
 		(*i)->ensure_buffers (howmany);
 	}
 }