diff --git a/libs/canvas/widget.cc b/libs/canvas/widget.cc
index 0f49554a42..697828f44a 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/widget.cc
+++ b/libs/canvas/widget.cc
@@ -123,15 +123,11 @@ Widget::size_allocate (Rect const & r)
 void
 Widget::compute_bounding_box () const
 {
-	std::cerr << "cbbox for widget\n";
-
 	GtkRequisition req = { 0, 0 };
 	Gtk::Allocation alloc;
 
 	_widget.size_request (req);
 
-	std::cerr << "widget wants " << req.width << " x " << req.height << "\n";
-
 	_bounding_box = Rect (0, 0, req.width, req.height);
 
 	/* make sure the widget knows that it got what it asked for */