diff --git a/libs/midi++2/alsa_sequencer_midiport.cc b/libs/midi++2/alsa_sequencer_midiport.cc
index f7ce4ad165..b39401149a 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/alsa_sequencer_midiport.cc
+++ b/libs/midi++2/alsa_sequencer_midiport.cc
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ ALSA_SequencerMidiPort::create_ports (const Port::Descriptor& desc)
 	if (desc.mode == O_RDONLY  ||  desc.mode == O_RDWR)
 		caps |= SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_READ | SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_SUBS_READ;
 
-	cerr << "Create ALSA MIDI port for " << desc.tag << endl;
-	
 	if (0 <= (err = snd_seq_create_simple_port (seq, desc.tag.c_str(), caps, 
 						    (SND_SEQ_PORT_TYPE_MIDI_GENERIC|
 						     SND_SEQ_PORT_TYPE_SOFTWARE|
@@ -310,15 +308,17 @@ ALSA_SequencerMidiPort::get_connections (vector<SequencerPortAddress>& connectio
 	seq_addr.client = snd_seq_client_id (seq);
 	seq_addr.port   = port_id;
 	snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_root(subs, &seq_addr);
-	
+
 	while (snd_seq_query_port_subscribers(seq, subs) >= 0) {
 
-		seq_addr = *snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_addr (subs);
+		if (snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_time_real (subs)) {
+			/* interesting connection */
 
-		cerr << _tagname << " is connected to " << seq_addr.client << "/" << seq_addr.port << endl;
-		
-		connections.push_back (SequencerPortAddress (seq_addr.client,
-							     seq_addr.port));
+			seq_addr = *snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_addr (subs);
+			
+			connections.push_back (SequencerPortAddress (seq_addr.client,
+								     seq_addr.port));
+		}
 
 		snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(subs, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_index(subs) + 1);
 	}