diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/option_editor.cc
index 807aee93bd..207a262dd9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/option_editor.cc
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ OptionEditor::add_option (std::string const & pn, OptionEditorComponent* o)
 		_pages[pn] = new OptionEditorPage (_notebook, pn);
 	}
 
-	cout << "add thing to " << pn << "\n";
-
 	OptionEditorPage* p = _pages[pn];
 	p->components.push_back (o);
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
index ed4369987b..d90773b334 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
@@ -1244,8 +1244,6 @@ RCOptionEditor::RCOptionEditor ()
 
 	/* SOLO AND MUTE */
 
-	cout << "FUCK: " << _rc_config->get_solo_mute_gain() << "\n";
-
 	add_option (_("Solo / mute"),
 	     new FaderOption (
 		     "solo-mute-gain",