diff --git a/miscmaths.cc b/miscmaths.cc
index dc27aec2ba76a0b9f0e0d983fb762e6cd05e4328..01fcb8f9454455fb95d8ac15a3c8ef2c9017cdbd 100644
--- a/miscmaths.cc
+++ b/miscmaths.cc
@@ -143,10 +143,7 @@ namespace MISCMATHS {
     cmax--;
     RowVector newrow(cmax);
 
-    cerr << "FOUND " << cmax << " COLUMNS!" << endl; // MJTEST
-
      do {
-      cerr << "READING LINE" << endl;  // MJTEST
       getline(fs,cline);
       cline += " "; // force extra entry in parsing
       istrstream ss(cline.c_str());