diff --git a/Core/include/ACTFW/Framework/StandardOptions.hpp b/Core/include/ACTFW/Framework/StandardOptions.hpp
index f0086f54eb059a2e05235637d12e3205da923db5..c115d466de43762fad51e1e18d9521e6ab821208 100644
--- a/Core/include/ACTFW/Framework/StandardOptions.hpp
+++ b/Core/include/ACTFW/Framework/StandardOptions.hpp
@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@ namespace Options {
   {
 
     size_t nEvents = vm["events"].template as<size_t>();
-    if (vm.count("events")) {
-      nEvents = vm["events"].template as<size_t>();
-      std::cout << "- running " << nEvents << " events " << std::endl;
-    } else {
-      std::cout << "- using standard number of events " << nEvents << std::endl;
-    }
+    std::cout << "- running " << nEvents << " events " << std::endl;
     Acts::Logging::Level logLevel
         = Acts::Logging::Level(vm["loglevel"].template as<size_t>());
     if (vm.count("loglevel")) {
diff --git a/Plugins/DD4hep/include/ACTFW/Plugins/DD4hep/DD4hepDetectorOptions.hpp b/Plugins/DD4hep/include/ACTFW/Plugins/DD4hep/DD4hepDetectorOptions.hpp
index c00c7c715d58bcb8acdcfac5f94f4c8570b539a6..9b6503527f9a29873ec19cfb60457033ca9a30b7 100644
--- a/Plugins/DD4hep/include/ACTFW/Plugins/DD4hep/DD4hepDetectorOptions.hpp
+++ b/Plugins/DD4hep/include/ACTFW/Plugins/DD4hep/DD4hepDetectorOptions.hpp
@@ -57,14 +57,8 @@ namespace Options {
   {
     Acts::Logging::Level logLevel
         = Acts::Logging::Level(vm["dd4hep-loglevel"].template as<size_t>());
-    if (vm.count("dd4hep-loglevel")) {
-      logLevel
-          = Acts::Logging::Level(vm["dd4hep-loglevel"].template as<size_t>());
-      std::cout << "- the geometry building output log level is set to "
-                << logLevel << std::endl;
-    } else {
-      std::cout << "- default log level is " << logLevel << std::endl;
-    }
+    std::cout << "- the geometry building output log level is set to "
+              << logLevel << std::endl;
     // DETECTOR configuration:
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     FW::DD4hep::GeometryService::Config gsConfig("GeometryService", logLevel);