diff --git a/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py b/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py
index a91f831..4ff826b 100755
--- a/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py
+++ b/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py
@@ -577,8 +577,6 @@ def ecoTaxWriter(file, taxonomy):
 def ecoRankWriter(file, ranks):
     output = open(file, 'wb')
     rank_list = sorted(ranks.keys())
-    print(rank_list)
-    print(len(rank_list))
     output.write(struct.pack('>I', len(rank_list)))
 
     for rank in rank_list: