diff --git a/src/MEMClassifier.cc b/src/MEMClassifier.cc
index 500262eef8f962588dc1c306ca07b733e4ee40d9..64781d96661c57e093f61094efc489ae186340c4 100644
--- a/src/MEMClassifier.cc
+++ b/src/MEMClassifier.cc
@@ -600,26 +600,15 @@ MEMClassifier::MEMClassifier(int verbosity, const char* _btag_prefix, const char
 MEMClassifier::MEMClassifier( ) : MEMClassifier(0, "btagDeepFlavB_", "2018") {}
 
 TH3D* MEMClassifier::GetBTagPDF(const char* prefix, const char* flavour) {
-    cout << "DEBUG: in GetJetBProbability"<< endl;
     assert(btagfile != nullptr);
-    cout << "DEBUG: in GetJetBProbability, assertion passed"<< endl;
-    btagfile->Print();
     TH3D* ret = nullptr;
     ret = (TH3D*)(btagfile->Get((string(prefix)+string(flavour)+string("_pt_eta")).c_str()));
-    cout << "DEBUG: in GetJetBProbability, loaded hist "<< endl;
-    ret->Print();
     assert(ret != nullptr);
-    cout << "DEBUG: in GetJetBProbability, assertion 2 passed "<< endl;
     return ret;
 }
 
 double MEMClassifier::GetJetBProbability(const char* prefix, const char* flavour, double pt, double eta, double bdisc) {
-    cout << "DEBUG: in GetJetBProbability"<< endl;
     TH3D* h = GetBTagPDF(prefix, flavour);
-    cout << "DEBUG: loaded histo"<< endl; 
-    h->Print();
-    cout << "DEBUG: histo was printed"<< endl; 
-
     const int i = h->FindBin(pt, std::abs(eta), bdisc);
     const double c = h->GetBinContent(i);
     delete h;
@@ -629,9 +618,7 @@ double MEMClassifier::GetJetBProbability(const char* prefix, const char* flavour
 MEM::JetProbability MEMClassifier::GetJetBProbabilities(
     const TLorentzVector& p4, double bdisc
 ) {
-    cout<< this->btag_prefix << std::endl;
     MEM::JetProbability jp;
-    cout << "DEBUG:" << this->btag_prefix << endl;
     jp.setProbability(MEM::JetInterpretation::b, GetJetBProbability(this->btag_prefix, "b", p4.Pt(), p4.Eta(), bdisc));
     jp.setProbability(MEM::JetInterpretation::c, GetJetBProbability(this->btag_prefix, "c", p4.Pt(), p4.Eta(), bdisc));
     jp.setProbability(MEM::JetInterpretation::l, GetJetBProbability(this->btag_prefix, "l", p4.Pt(), p4.Eta(), bdisc));