diff --git a/src/script/hydra-evaluator b/src/script/hydra-evaluator
index c26856ff..a9ce4ea4 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-evaluator
+++ b/src/script/hydra-evaluator
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ while (1) {
             # isn't updated properly.
             sleep 1;
         } else {
-            print STDERR "sleeping...\n";
+            # print STDERR "sleeping...\n";
             sleep 30;
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-queue-runner b/src/script/hydra-queue-runner
index 49164007..da905d2d 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-queue-runner
+++ b/src/script/hydra-queue-runner
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ sub findBuildDependencyInQueue {
 
 
 sub checkBuilds {
-    print "looking for runnable builds...\n";
+    # print "looking for runnable builds...\n";
 
     my @buildsStarted;
 
@@ -182,6 +182,6 @@ while (1) {
     };
     warn $@ if $@;
 
-    print "sleeping...\n";
+    # print "sleeping...\n";
     sleep(5);
 }