diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/tag_categories.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/tag_categories.py
index d090c3e424..5711f4794f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/tag_categories.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/tag_categories.py
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ class TagCategories(QDialog, Ui_TagCategories):
                        '<b>permanently deleted</b>. Are you sure?')
                     +'</p>', 'tag_category_delete', self):
             return
-        print 'here', self.current_category
         if self.current_cat_name is not None:
             if self.current_cat_name == unicode(self.category_box.currentText()):
                 del self.categories[self.current_cat_label][self.current_cat_name]
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
index b69fde5b93..5a4cf25966 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
         self.clear_to_help()
 
     def normalize_state(self):
-        #print 'in normalize_state'
         self.setEditText('')
         self.line_edit.setStyleSheet(
             'QLineEdit { color: black; background-color: %s; }' %
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
         self.help_state = False
 
     def clear_to_help(self):
-        #print 'in clear_to_help'
         self.setToolTip(self.tool_tip_text)
         self.initialize_saved_search_names()
         self.setEditText(self.help_text)
@@ -246,12 +244,10 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
                 self.normal_background)
 
     def focus_out(self, event):
-        #print 'in focus_out'
         if self.currentText() == '':
             self.clear_to_help()
 
     def key_pressed(self, event):
-        #print 'in key_pressed'
         if self.help_state:
             self.normalize_state()
 
@@ -260,7 +256,6 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
             self.normalize_state()
 
     def saved_search_selected (self, qname):
-        #print 'in saved_search_selected'
         qname = unicode(qname)
         if qname is None or not qname.strip():
             return
@@ -270,7 +265,6 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
         self.setToolTip(self.saved_searches.lookup(qname))
 
     def initialize_saved_search_names(self):
-        #print 'in initialize_saved_search_names'
         self.clear()
         qnames = self.saved_searches.names()
         self.addItems(qnames)
@@ -278,7 +272,6 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
 
     # SIGNALed from the main UI
     def delete_search_button_clicked(self):
-        #print 'in delete_search_button_clicked'
         if not confirm('<p>'+_('The selected search will be '
                        '<b>permanently deleted</b>. Are you sure?')
                     +'</p>', 'saved_search_delete', self):
@@ -293,7 +286,6 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
 
     # SIGNALed from the main UI
     def save_search_button_clicked(self):
-        #print 'in save_search_button_clicked'
         name = unicode(self.currentText())
         if self.help_state or not name.strip():
             name = unicode(self.search_box.text()).replace('"', '')
@@ -310,10 +302,7 @@ class SavedSearchBox(QComboBox):
 
     # SIGNALed from the main UI
     def copy_search_button_clicked (self):
-        #print 'in copy_search_button_clicked'
         idx = self.currentIndex();
         if idx < 0:
             return
-        self.search_box.set_search_string(self.saved_searches.lookup(unicode(self.currentText())))
-
-
+        self.search_box.set_search_string(self.saved_searches.lookup(unicode(self.currentText())))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py b/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py
index 4ee12609f7..6768b66063 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ class SearchQueryParser(object):
         location = argument[0]
         query = argument[1]
         if location.lower() == 'search':
-            # print "looking for named search " + query
             if query.startswith('='):
                 query = query[1:]
             try: