diff --git a/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc b/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
index 296f7471ad..6ac2c82aea 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ SndFileSource::nondestructive_write_unlocked (Sample *data, nframes_t cnt)
 	nframes_t oldlen;
 	int32_t frame_pos = _length;
 
-	cerr << _name << " write " << cnt << " floats to " << frame_pos << endl;
-	
 	if (write_float (data, frame_pos, cnt) != cnt) {
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -398,8 +396,6 @@ SndFileSource::nondestructive_write_unlocked (Sample *data, nframes_t cnt)
 	oldlen = _length;
 	update_length (oldlen, cnt);
 
-	cerr << "\t length is now " << _length << endl;
-
 	if (_build_peakfiles) {
 		PeakBuildRecord *pbr = 0;