diff --git a/common/log/StringLogger.cpp b/common/log/StringLogger.cpp
index 69ea5c1fad1d2b6517b0a284f3c438980eb91e8b..d7d46ded71d0bf5be248f9745419db5212ac9cbb 100644
--- a/common/log/StringLogger.cpp
+++ b/common/log/StringLogger.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ void StringLogger::reducedSyslog(const std::string & msg) {
   m_log << msg.substr(0, m_maxMsgLen) << std::endl;
 
   // Uncomment this to get the logs printed to stdout during unit tests.
-  // Temporarily enabled to better understand intermittent failures in continuous integration.
-  printf (msg.substr(0, m_maxMsgLen).c_str());
+  // printf (msg.substr(0, m_maxMsgLen).c_str());
 }
 
 } // namespace log
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/RecallReportPacker.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/RecallReportPacker.hpp
index 5b644643ec300e7fafd7ec2d1a4fe35a45fe49f3..3f4a0271f39f043ce29b417fcb4ebdd47aee07b3 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/RecallReportPacker.hpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/RecallReportPacker.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "scheduler/RetrieveMount.hpp"
 
 #include <memory>
-// TODO: remove (RecallReportPacker::ReportDriveStatus allocation debug)
-#include <iostream>
 
 namespace castor {
 namespace tape {
@@ -164,16 +162,9 @@ private:
     cta::common::dataStructures::DriveStatus m_status;
     
   public:
-    ReportDriveStatus(cta::common::dataStructures::DriveStatus status): m_status(status) {
-      // TODO: remove when not needed (debug printf for intermittent memory leak in CI)
-      std::cout << ">>>> Allocated a RecallReportPacker::ReportDriveStatus:" << std::hex << this << std::endl;
-    }
+    ReportDriveStatus(cta::common::dataStructures::DriveStatus status): m_status(status) {}
     void execute(RecallReportPacker& reportPacker) override;
     bool goingToEnd() override;
-    // TODO: remove when not needed (debug printf for intermittent memory leak in CI)
-    virtual ~ReportDriveStatus() {  
-      std::cout << "<<<< Deleted a RecallReportPacker::ReportDriveStatus:" << std::hex << this << std::endl;
-    }
   };
   
   class ReportEndofSession : public Report {