diff --git a/django/core/template/__init__.py b/django/core/template/__init__.py
index 84881d4223..a5780e4743 100644
--- a/django/core/template/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/template/__init__.py
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ class DebugLexer(Lexer):
 
         for match in tag_re.finditer(self.template_string):
             start, end = match.span()
-            #print "%d:%d --- %s " % (start, end, self.template_string[start:end] )
             if start > upto:       
                 token_tups.append( (self.template_string[upto:start], line) )
                 upto = start
@@ -274,11 +273,10 @@ class DebugLexer(Lexer):
         token.source = source
         return token
 
-from pprint import pformat
 class Parser(object):
     def __init__(self, tokens):
         self.tokens = tokens
-        #print pformat(self.tokens)
+        
 
     def parse(self, parse_until=[]):
         nodelist = NodeList()
@@ -313,9 +311,6 @@ class Parser(object):
         if parse_until:
             self.unclosed_block_tag(token, parse_until)
             
-        #print "-------------------------------"
-        #print pformat(nodelist)
-        #print "------------------------------"
         return nodelist
 
     def extend_nodelist(self, nodelist, node, token):
diff --git a/tests/othertests/templates.py b/tests/othertests/templates.py
index 1c61a7245c..ac0ff13d36 100644
--- a/tests/othertests/templates.py
+++ b/tests/othertests/templates.py
@@ -217,12 +217,6 @@ TEMPLATE_TESTS = {
     'exception04': ("{% extends 'inheritance17' %}{% block first %}{% echo 400 %}5678{% endblock %}", {}, template.TemplateSyntaxError),
 }
 
-def cutdown(name):
-    global TEMPLATE_TESTS
-    TEMPLATE_TESTS = dict([ (name, TEMPLATE_TESTS[name])]) 
-    print repr(TEMPLATE_TESTS[name])
-
-#cutdown('basic-syntax04') 
 
 # This replaces the standard template loader.
 def test_template_loader(template_name, template_dirs=None):