diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_bool.c b/src/obidmscolumn_bool.c
index ae1f862..4841c9b 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn_bool.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn_bool.c
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "obidmscolumn.h"
 #include "obitypes.h"
-#include "obierrno.h"
-#include "obidebug.h"
-
-
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
 
 
 /**********************************************************************
diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_char.c b/src/obidmscolumn_char.c
index 928ef82..d17a698 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn_char.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn_char.c
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "obidmscolumn.h"
 #include "obitypes.h"
-#include "obierrno.h"
-#include "obidebug.h"
-
-
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
 
 
 /**********************************************************************
diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_float.c b/src/obidmscolumn_float.c
index 030bdd6..f0f94a7 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn_float.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn_float.c
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "obidmscolumn.h"
 #include "obitypes.h"
-#include "obierrno.h"
-#include "obidebug.h"
-
-
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
 
 
 /**********************************************************************
diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_int.c b/src/obidmscolumn_int.c
index 60bfd7e..ec2ffbc 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn_int.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn_int.c
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "obidmscolumn.h"
 #include "obitypes.h"
-#include "obierrno.h"
-#include "obidebug.h"
-
-
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
 
 
 /**********************************************************************
diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_seq.c b/src/obidmscolumn_seq.c
index fc9b3f2..413ca2f 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn_seq.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn_seq.c
@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@
 
 #include "obidmscolumn.h"
 #include "obitypes.h"
-#include "obierrno.h"
-#include "obidebug.h"
 #include "dna_seq_indexer.h"
 
 
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
-
-
 /**********************************************************************
  *
  * D E F I N I T I O N   O F   T H E   P U B L I C   F U N C T I O N S
diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_str.c b/src/obidmscolumn_str.c
index 6a9c19b..a28e217 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn_str.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn_str.c
@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@
 
 #include "obidmscolumn.h"
 #include "obitypes.h"
-#include "obierrno.h"
-#include "obidebug.h"
 #include "char_str_indexer.h"
 
 
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
-
-
 /**********************************************************************
  *
  * D E F I N I T I O N   O F   T H E   P U B L I C   F U N C T I O N S