diff --git a/libs/ardour/plugin_manager.cc b/libs/ardour/plugin_manager.cc
index 6c344ce3cf..dda8e24471 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/plugin_manager.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/plugin_manager.cc
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ PluginManager::vst3_discover (string const& path, bool cache_only)
 
 static void vst3_scanner_log (std::string msg, std::string bundle_path)
 {
-	PBD::error << string_compose ("VST<%1> scanner: %2", bundle_path, msg) << endmsg;
+	PBD::info << string_compose ("VST3<%1>: %2", bundle_path, msg) << endmsg;
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/libs/ardour/vst3_plugin.cc b/libs/ardour/vst3_plugin.cc
index 6fbeb340ae..78065ca991 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/vst3_plugin.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/vst3_plugin.cc
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ VST3PI::update_shadow_data ()
 	for (i = _ctrl_index_id.begin (); i != _ctrl_index_id.end (); ++i) {
 		Vst::ParamValue v = _controller->getParamNormalized (i->second);
 		if (_shadow_data[i->first] != v) {
-#ifndef NDEBUG
+#if 0 // DEBUG
 			printf ("VST3PI::update_shadow_data %d: %f -> %f\n", i->first,
 					_shadow_data[i->first], _controller->getParamNormalized (i->second));
 #endif