diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index 181d4c8a67..aa72637af2 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -3340,7 +3340,6 @@ Session::restore_history (string snapshot_name)
 
     /* read xml */
     xmlpath = _path + snapshot_name + ".history";
-
     info << string_compose(_("Loading history from '%1'."), xmlpath) << endmsg;
 
     if (access (xmlpath.c_str(), F_OK)) {
@@ -3353,8 +3352,6 @@ Session::restore_history (string snapshot_name)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    info << "root children " << tree.root()->children().size() << endmsg;
-
     /* replace history */
     history.clear();
     for (XMLNodeConstIterator it  = tree.root()->children().begin();
@@ -3394,9 +3391,5 @@ Session::restore_history (string snapshot_name)
         history.add(ut);
     }
 
-    XMLTree tree2;
-    tree2.set_root(&history.get_state());
-    info << tree2.write_buffer() << endmsg;
-
     return 0;
 }