diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc
index a615a729..1db6bddd 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/typename.hh>
 
-
-//DEBUGG
-#include <iostream>
-//END
-
-
 //=== NAMESPACES ==============================================================
 
 
@@ -199,11 +193,6 @@ bool _OMReader_::read_binary(std::istream& _is, BaseImporter& _bi, Options& _opt
       bytes_ += restore(_is, property_name_, swap);
     }
 
-    //DEBUGG
-        //std::cout << "the property name is : " << property_name_ << std::endl;
-        //std::cout << "the header version is : " << OMFormat::as_string(header_.version_) << std::endl;
-    //END
-
     // Read in the property data. If it is an anonymous or unknown named
     // property, then skip data.
     switch (chunk_header_.entity_) {
@@ -819,11 +808,6 @@ size_t _OMReader_::restore_binary_custom_data(std::istream& _is, BaseProperty* _
 //--------------------------------helper
 void _OMReader_:: add_generic_property(OMFormat::Chunk::PropertyName& _property_type, BaseImporter& _bi) const
 {
-  //DEBUGG
-      std::cout << "the property name is : " << property_name_ << std::endl;
-      std::cout << "the property type is : " << _property_type << std::endl;
-  //END
-
   if(_property_type == get_string_for_type(bool()))
   {
     add_generic_property_aux<bool>(_bi);
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
index a551276c..fdd64720 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
@@ -628,10 +628,6 @@ size_t _OMWriter_::store_binary_custom_chunk(std::ostream& _os,
     bytes += store(_os, type, _swap);
   }
 
-  //DEBUGG
-      //std::cout << "the property type of prop: " << _bp.name() << " is " << _bp.get_storage_name() << std::endl;
-  //END
-
   // 4. block size
   bytes += store( _os, _bp.size_of(), OMFormat::Chunk::Integer_32, _swap );
   //omlog() << "  n_bytes = " << _bp.size_of() << std::endl;