diff --git a/src/madness/chem/CCStructures.cc b/src/madness/chem/CCStructures.cc
index ab2a1265884..9cb8c2017b5 100644
--- a/src/madness/chem/CCStructures.cc
+++ b/src/madness/chem/CCStructures.cc
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ size_t CCConvolutionOperator::info() const {
 
 SeparatedConvolution<double, 3> *
 CCConvolutionOperator::init_op(const OpType& type, const Parameters& parameters) const {
-    bool debug=true;
+    bool debug=false;
     bool printme=(world.rank()==0) and debug;
     print("init_op: creating",type,"with thresh, lo, gamma",parameters.thresh_op,parameters.lo,parameters.gamma);
     return new SeparatedConvolution<double,3>(world,OperatorInfo(parameters.gamma,parameters.lo,parameters.thresh_op,type));
diff --git a/src/madness/chem/ccpairfunction.h b/src/madness/chem/ccpairfunction.h
index 7c83e64df76..c00f31f8947 100644
--- a/src/madness/chem/ccpairfunction.h
+++ b/src/madness/chem/ccpairfunction.h
@@ -430,10 +430,10 @@ using pureT=Function<T,6>;
         std::vector<CCPairFunction> result;
         for (auto& o : other) {
             double cpu0=cpu_time();
-            std::cout << "multiply " << o.name();
+//            std::cout << "multiply " << o.name();
             result.push_back(multiply(o,f,v1));
             double cpu1=cpu_time();
-            std::cout << " done after " << cpu1-cpu0 << std::endl;
+//            std::cout << " done after " << cpu1-cpu0 << std::endl;
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ using pureT=Function<T,6>;
                 std::size_t bufsize=256;
                 char buf[bufsize];
                 snprintf(buf,bufsize,"result from inner %10s %10s %12.8f %4.1fs",a.name(true).c_str(),b.name().c_str(),tmp,wall1-wall0);
-                print(std::string(buf));
+//                print(std::string(buf));
                 wall0=wall1;
                 result+=tmp;
             }