diff --git a/src/runtime2/mod.rs b/src/runtime2/mod.rs
index 407fda0c76334eef9db7b1877ea42873d4b00045..3cf1ba4de30ac97d92be9c0353934cb417c6972e 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/mod.rs
@@ -306,13 +306,11 @@ impl RuntimeInner {
     #[inline]
     pub(crate) fn increment_active_interfaces(&self) {
         let _old_num = self.active_interfaces.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        println!("DEBUG: Incremented active interfaces to {}", _old_num + 1);
         debug_assert_ne!(_old_num, 0); // once it hits 0, it stays zero
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn decrement_active_interfaces(&self) {
         let old_num = self.active_interfaces.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        println!("DEBUG: Decremented active interfaces to {}", old_num - 1);
         debug_assert!(old_num > 0);
         if old_num == 1 { // such that active interfaces is now 0
             let num_connectors = self.active_connectors.load(Ordering::Acquire);
@@ -325,12 +323,10 @@ impl RuntimeInner {
     #[inline]
     fn increment_active_components(&self) {
         let _old_num = self.active_connectors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        println!("DEBUG: Incremented components to {}", _old_num + 1);
     }
 
     fn decrement_active_components(&self) {
         let old_num = self.active_connectors.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        println!("DEBUG: Decremented components to {}", old_num - 1);
         debug_assert!(old_num > 0);
         if old_num == 1 { // such that we have no more active connectors (for now!)
             let num_interfaces = self.active_interfaces.load(Ordering::Acquire);
@@ -345,14 +341,12 @@ impl RuntimeInner {
         debug_assert_eq!(self.active_interfaces.load(Ordering::Acquire), 0);
         debug_assert_eq!(self.active_connectors.load(Ordering::Acquire), 0);
 
-        println!("DEBUG: Signaling for shutdown");
         let _lock = self.connector_queue.lock().unwrap();
         let should_signal = self.should_exit
             .compare_exchange(false, true, Ordering::SeqCst, Ordering::Acquire)
             .is_ok();
 
         if should_signal {
-            println!("DEBUG: Notifying all waiting schedulers");
             self.scheduler_notifier.notify_all();
         }
     }