diff --git a/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_isend.c b/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_isend.c
index cda64be67a..768338857b 100644
--- a/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_isend.c
+++ b/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_isend.c
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ int mca_pml_teg_isend(void *buf,
 {
     int rc;
     mca_pml_base_send_request_t *sendreq;
-    /* debug */
-    fprintf(stderr," teg_isend called \n");
-    fflush(stderr);
-    /* end debug */
     MCA_PML_TEG_SEND_REQUEST_ALLOC(comm, dst, sendreq, rc);
 #if MCA_PML_TEG_STATISTICS
     mca_pml_teg.teg_isends++;
@@ -87,10 +83,6 @@ int mca_pml_teg_send(void *buf,
 #endif
     if (rc != OMPI_SUCCESS)
         return rc;
-    /* debug */
-    fprintf(stderr," teg_send called \n");
-    fflush(stderr);
-    /* end debug */
 
     MCA_PML_BASE_SEND_REQUEST_INIT(sendreq,
                                    buf,
@@ -98,12 +90,6 @@ int mca_pml_teg_send(void *buf,
                                    datatype,
                                    dst, tag, comm, sendmode, false);
 
-    /* debug */
-    fprintf(stderr," teg_send called %s  %s \n",
-            &(sendreq->req_ptl->ptl_component->ptlm_version.mca_type_name[0]),
-            &(sendreq->req_ptl->ptl_component->ptlm_version.mca_component_name[0]));
-    fflush(stderr);
-    /* end debug */
     if ((rc = mca_pml_teg_send_request_start(sendreq)) != OMPI_SUCCESS) {
         MCA_PML_TEG_FREE((ompi_request_t **) & sendreq);
         return rc;
diff --git a/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_sendreq.h b/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_sendreq.h
index 3d5bda634c..714f0bd649 100644
--- a/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_sendreq.h
+++ b/src/mca/pml/teg/src/pml_teg_sendreq.h
@@ -43,26 +43,13 @@ OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_pml_teg_send_request_t);
         OMPI_THREAD_LOCK(&ptl_base->ptl_cache_lock);                       \
         sendreq = (mca_pml_base_send_request_t*)                           \
             ompi_list_remove_first(&ptl_base->ptl_cache);                  \
-            /* debug */ \
-            fprintf(stderr," alloc %d cached %d \n", \
-                    ptl_base->ptl_cache_alloc,ptl_base->ptl_cache_size); \
-            fflush(stderr); \
-            /* end debug */ \
         if(NULL != sendreq) {                                              \
-            /* debug */ \
-            fprintf(stderr," request cached \n"); \
-            fflush(stderr); \
-            /* end debug */ \
             OMPI_THREAD_UNLOCK(&ptl_base->ptl_cache_lock);                 \
             rc = OMPI_SUCCESS;                                             \
         } else if (ptl_base->ptl_cache_alloc < ptl_base->ptl_cache_size) { \
             /*                                                             \
              * allocate an additional request to the cache                 \
             */                                                             \
-            /* debug */ \
-            fprintf(stderr," allocate additional \n"); \
-            fflush(stderr); \
-            /* end debug */ \
             mca_ptl_base_module_t* ptl = ptl_base->ptl;                    \
             ompi_list_item_t* item;                                        \
             OMPI_FREE_LIST_WAIT(&mca_pml_teg.teg_send_requests, item, rc); \
@@ -77,10 +64,6 @@ OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_pml_teg_send_request_t);
             /*                                                             \
              * take a request from the global pool                         \
             */                                                             \
-            /* debug */ \
-            fprintf(stderr," global pool \n"); \
-            fflush(stderr); \
-            /* end debug */ \
             ompi_list_item_t* item;                                        \
             OMPI_THREAD_UNLOCK(&ptl_base->ptl_cache_lock);                 \
             OMPI_FREE_LIST_WAIT(&mca_pml_teg.teg_send_requests, item, rc); \