diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.sh.in b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.sh.in
index 9a9a48755b..80efee781a 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.sh.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.sh.in
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export ARDOUR_DATA_PATH=@DATADIR@/ardour3
 export ARDOUR_CONFIG_PATH=@SYSCONFDIR@/ardour3
 export ARDOUR_DLL_PATH=@LIBDIR@/ardour3
 
+#
+# VAMP has its own lookup path
+# 
+
+export VAMP_PATH=@LIBDIR@/ardour3/vamp
+
 if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
     case $1 in
         -g|--gdb) GDB=gdb; shift ;;
diff --git a/libs/vamp-sdk/src/vamp-hostsdk/PluginLoader.cpp b/libs/vamp-sdk/src/vamp-hostsdk/PluginLoader.cpp
index 9663710577..b3b2b45c68 100644
--- a/libs/vamp-sdk/src/vamp-hostsdk/PluginLoader.cpp
+++ b/libs/vamp-sdk/src/vamp-hostsdk/PluginLoader.cpp
@@ -358,14 +358,11 @@ PluginLoader::Impl::getLibraryPathForPlugin(PluginKey plugin)
 {
     if (m_pluginLibraryNameMap.find(plugin) == m_pluginLibraryNameMap.end()) {
         if (m_allPluginsEnumerated) return "";
-        cerr << "plug " << plugin << " not found enumerate" << endl;
         enumeratePlugins(plugin);
     }
     if (m_pluginLibraryNameMap.find(plugin) == m_pluginLibraryNameMap.end()) {
-        cerr << "plug " << plugin << " not found enumerate" << endl;
         return "";
     }
-    cerr << "Did find plugin " << plugin << endl;
     return m_pluginLibraryNameMap[plugin];
 }