diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index 42fd012428..79e2490d18 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ class HTMLConverter(object, LoggingInterface):
             self.book.append(self.current_page)
             
         for text, tb in self.extra_toc_entries:
-            ascii_text = text.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
-            self.book.addTocEntry(ascii_text, tb)
+            self.book.addTocEntry(text, tb)
             
         if self.base_font_size > 0:
             self.log_info('\tRationalizing font sizes...')
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/toc.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/toc.py
index 3caa23934b..c77836c457 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/toc.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/toc.py
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ class TOC(list):
                     
     def read_ncx_toc(self, toc):
         self.base_path = os.path.dirname(toc)
-        print xml_to_unicode(open(toc, 'rb').read(), True)[1]
         soup = NCXSoup(xml_to_unicode(open(toc, 'rb').read())[0])
-        print unicode(soup).encode('utf8')
         
         def process_navpoint(np, dest):
             play_order = np.get('playOrder', 1)