diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index daed01f9..07356f0a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -600,9 +600,7 @@ alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *treename,
 
 	_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "registering sync database '%s'\n", treename);
 
-	_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "spot 3\n");
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBGPGME
-	_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "spot 2\n");
 	if(level != 0 && level != ALPM_SIG_USE_DEFAULT) {
 		RET_ERR(handle, ALPM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, NULL);
 	}