diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/preprocess.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/preprocess.py
index e2c51846a4..32eee713fe 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/preprocess.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/preprocess.py
@@ -196,28 +196,28 @@ class Dehyphenator(object):
         lookupword = self.removesuffixes.sub('', dehyphenated)
         if self.prefixes.match(firsthalf) is None:
             lookupword = self.removeprefix.sub('', lookupword)
-        print "lookup word is: "+str(lookupword)+", orig is: " + str(hyphenated)
+        #print "lookup word is: "+str(lookupword)+", orig is: " + str(hyphenated)
         try:
             searchresult = self.html.find(lookupword.lower())
         except:
             return hyphenated
         if self.format == 'html_cleanup' or self.format == 'txt_cleanup':
             if self.html.find(lookupword) != -1 or searchresult != -1:
-                print "Cleanup:returned dehyphenated word: " + str(dehyphenated)
+                #print "Cleanup:returned dehyphenated word: " + str(dehyphenated)
                 return dehyphenated
             elif self.html.find(hyphenated) != -1:
-                print "Cleanup:returned hyphenated word: " + str(hyphenated)
+                #print "Cleanup:returned hyphenated word: " + str(hyphenated)
                 return hyphenated
             else:
-                print "Cleanup:returning original text "+str(firsthalf)+" + linefeed "+str(secondhalf)
+                #print "Cleanup:returning original text "+str(firsthalf)+" + linefeed "+str(secondhalf)
                 return firsthalf+u'\u2014'+wraptags+secondhalf
 
         else:
             if self.html.find(lookupword) != -1 or searchresult != -1:
-                print "returned dehyphenated word: " + str(dehyphenated)
+                #print "returned dehyphenated word: " + str(dehyphenated)
                 return dehyphenated
             else:
-                print "           returned hyphenated word: " + str(hyphenated)
+                #print "           returned hyphenated word: " + str(hyphenated)
                 return hyphenated
 
     def __call__(self, html, format, length=1):
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
index 5fbdc7131a..3957391494 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         # Get length for hyphen removal and punctuation unwrap
         docanalysis = DocAnalysis('txt', txt)
         length = docanalysis.line_length(.5)
-        print "length is "+str(length)
             
         if options.formatting_type == 'auto':
             options.formatting_type = detect_formatting_type(txt)
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
                 html = convert_basic(txt, epub_split_size_kb=flow_size)
 
         # Dehyphenate in cleanup mode for missed txt and markdown conversion
-        print "going through final dehyphenation"
         dehyphenator = Dehyphenator()
         html = dehyphenator(html,'txt_cleanup', length)
         html = dehyphenator(html,'html_cleanup', length)