diff --git a/src/Application.cc b/src/Application.cc
index 0ef1cac8a208a2a4cf2d12508d1e251b14ff7aeb..f324530320ea01ad2d7126beb7a4862ce1566f8a 100644
--- a/src/Application.cc
+++ b/src/Application.cc
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ void Application::run() {
 
   // start the threads for the modules
   for(auto& module : getSubmoduleListRecursive()) {
-    std::cout << module->getFullDescription() << std::endl;
     module->run();
   }
   for(auto& deviceModule : deviceModuleList) {
diff --git a/src/ApplicationModule.cc b/src/ApplicationModule.cc
index 438bb5519e370af644f85acc906c28e666e3b0bf..e4e2e84d12fb550efd28f0732319bf7a442063dc 100644
--- a/src/ApplicationModule.cc
+++ b/src/ApplicationModule.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
     Application::registerThread("AM_" + getName());
     Application::testableModeLock("start");
     // enter the main loop
-    std::cout << "mainLoopWrapper" << std::endl;
     mainLoop();
     Application::testableModeUnlock("terminate");
   }