diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/__init__.py b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/__init__.py
index 5fdda27616..6387ee8035 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/__init__.py
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ def test_podofo():
     try:
         p = podofo.PDFDoc()
         p.open(f.name)
-        print(1111111111111111111)
-        print(22222222, repr(p.title))
         if (p.title, p.author, p.keywords) != ('info title', 'info author', 'a, b'):
             raise ValueError('podofo failed to set title and author in Info dict {} != {}'.format(
                 (p.title, p.author, p.keywords), ('info title', 'info author', 'a, b')))