diff --git a/make_db b/make_db
index af03c0505bec6bdbbd0618e5723d2c5db579a15f..1e838330fbbbded4e6d51e15e850f7714ade5db5 100755
--- a/make_db
+++ b/make_db
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ function _install_unit_test_database () {
     cp .config .test_config
     echo "DATABASE_NAME=\"$UNITTEST_DATABASE\"" >> .test_config
     pushd patches > /dev/null
-    echo "HERE0"
     ls
     ./applyPatches.sh --env=../.test_config
-    echo "HERE1"
     popd > /dev/null
     rm .test_config
 }
diff --git a/patches/applyPatches.sh b/patches/applyPatches.sh
index 5e1ae48617abf12a101ebed1ef2fc7b3b9621086..a896cda5f62619439c65984fedd10d243add4950 100755
--- a/patches/applyPatches.sh
+++ b/patches/applyPatches.sh
@@ -24,21 +24,14 @@
 
 #apply all available patches.
 set -e
-echo "HERE3"
 PATCHES="./patch*/patch.sh"
 export UTILSPATH="./utils"
 
-echo "HERE4"
 for p in $PATCHES
 do
-    echo "HERE5 $p '$@' --patch=$p"
     $p "$@" --patch=$p
 done
 
-echo "HERE6"
 source ./utils/patch_header.sh
-echo "HERE7"
 cd ../
-echo "HERE8"
 ./update_sql_procedures.sh
-echo "HERE9"