diff --git a/src/report/locale-specific/us/gncmod-locale-reports-us.c b/src/report/locale-specific/us/gncmod-locale-reports-us.c
index c4ab3207a8..3d2d811d92 100644
--- a/src/report/locale-specific/us/gncmod-locale-reports-us.c
+++ b/src/report/locale-specific/us/gncmod-locale-reports-us.c
@@ -42,16 +42,13 @@ gnc_module_init(int refcount) {
     return FALSE;
   }
 
-  printf("loaded gnc modules .. \n");
-
   /* load the report generation scheme code */
   if(gh_eval_str("(use-modules (gnucash report taxtxf))") 
      == SCM_BOOL_F) {
     printf("failed to load (gnucash report taxtxf)\n");
     return FALSE;
   }
-  printf("loaded taxtxf module\n");
-  
+
   if(gh_eval_str("(use-modules (gnucash report locale-specific us))") 
      == SCM_BOOL_F) {
     return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/report/locale-specific/us/taxtxf.scm b/src/report/locale-specific/us/taxtxf.scm
index 60f3585ee9..ad66eec954 100644
--- a/src/report/locale-specific/us/taxtxf.scm
+++ b/src/report/locale-specific/us/taxtxf.scm
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 ;; subtracts 2!  see "(to-value"
 
 ;; depends must be outside module scope -- and should eventually go away.
-(simple-format #t "loading taxtxf scheme code\n")
 
 (define-module (gnucash report taxtxf))
 (use-modules (gnucash bootstrap) (g-wrapped gw-gnc)) ;; FIXME: delete after we finish modularizing.