diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc b/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc
index 76b0df26ad..48b8403584 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Marker::Marker (PublicEditor& ed, ArdourCanvas::Group& parent, guint32 rgba, con
 
 	: editor (ed), _parent(&parent), _type(type)
 {
-	cerr << "Marker() constructed";//DEBUG
 	double label_offset = 0;
 	bool annotate_left = false;
 
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ Marker::Marker (PublicEditor& ed, ArdourCanvas::Group& parent, guint32 rgba, con
 	mark->property_outline_color_rgba() = rgba;
 	mark->property_width_pixels() = 1;
 	Pango::FontDescription* font = get_font_for_style (N_("MarkerText"));
-	cerr << " font->get_size() = " << font->get_size() << " is_absolute = " << pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute(font->gobj()) << " to_string = " << font->to_string() << endl;
+	//cerr << " font->get_size() = " << font->get_size() << " is_absolute = " << pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute(font->gobj()) << " to_string = " << font->to_string() << endl;
 	text = new Text (*group);
 	text->property_font_desc() = *font;
 	text->property_text() = annotation.c_str();
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
index 1197e99b41..292ea4127d 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
@@ -558,13 +558,13 @@ key_press_focus_accelerator_handler (Gtk::Window& window, GdkEventKey* ev)
 Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf>	
 get_xpm (std::string name)
 {
-	cerr << "xpm path = " << ARDOUR::find_data_file(name, "pixmaps") << endl;//DEBUG
+	//cerr << "xpm path = " << ARDOUR::find_data_file(name, "pixmaps") << endl;//DEBUG
 	if (!xpm_map[name]) {
 		try {
 			xpm_map[name] = Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_file (ARDOUR::find_data_file(name, "pixmaps"));
 		}
 		catch(const Glib::Error& e)	{
-    	cerr << e.what() << endl;
+    		warning << "Caught Glib::Error: " << e.what() << endmsg;
   		}
 	}