diff --git a/lib/puppet/catalog-diff/comparer.rb b/lib/puppet/catalog-diff/comparer.rb
index 23d3994..c5da47b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/catalog-diff/comparer.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/catalog-diff/comparer.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def compare_resources(old, new, options)
 
         if options[:show_resource_diff]
           Puppet.debug("Resource diff: #{resource[:resource_id]}")
-          puts 'show_resource_diff'
+
           diff_array = str_diff(
             Puppet::CatalogDiff::Formater.new.resource_to_string(resource),
             Puppet::CatalogDiff::Formater.new.resource_to_string(new_resource),
@@ -138,20 +138,13 @@ def str_diff(cont1, cont2)
         sum2 = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(str2)
       end
 
-      puts "str_diff: str1: #{str1} str1.encoding: #{str1.encoding}"
-      puts "str_diff: str2: #{str2} str2.encoding: #{str2.encoding}"
       unless str1.valid_encoding?
         Puppet::debug("content parameter in old resource has invalid #{str1.encoding} encoding.")
         str1.encode!('UTF-8', 'UTF-8', :invalid => :replace)
-        puts "str_diff: str1 fixed str1: #{str1} str1.encoding: #{str1.encoding}"
-        unless str1.valid_encoding?
-          puts "str1 STILL WRONG!"
-        end
       end
       unless str2.valid_encoding?
         Puppet::debug("content parameter in new resource has invalid #{str2.encoding} encoding.")
         str2.encode!('UTF-8', 'UTF-8', :invalid => :replace)
-        puts "str2 fixed str2: #{str2} str2.encoding: #{str2.encoding}"
       end
 
       return nil unless str1 && str2
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/catalog_diff/comparer_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/catalog_diff/comparer_spec.rb
index 603e9e6..c37f5ba 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/catalog_diff/comparer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/catalog_diff/comparer_spec.rb
@@ -86,18 +86,12 @@
       Encoding.default_internal = 'UTF-8'
       Encoding.default_external = 'UTF-8' # Needed because diff uses tempfile.
       
-      puts "Encoding.default_internal: #{Encoding.default_internal}"
       latin1_string = [246].pack('C*').force_encoding('UTF-8')
       res1[0][:parameters][:content] = latin1_string 
-      puts "latin1_string.encoding: #{latin1_string.encoding}"
-      #puts "latin1_string: #{latin1_string}"
-      #puts "latin1_string.bytes: #{latin1_string.bytes}"
       expect{compare_resources(res1, res2, show_resource_diff: true)}.not_to raise_error(ArgumentError)
       diffs = compare_resources(res1, res2, show_resource_diff: true)
-      #puts "diffs: #{diffs}"
-      puts "diffs: #{diffs[:string_diffs]['file.foo'][3].bytes}"
+      
       ruby_default_replacement_string_for_invalid_characters = '�'
-       
       expect(diffs[:string_diffs]['file.foo'][3]).to \
         eq("-\t     content => \"" + ruby_default_replacement_string_for_invalid_characters + "\"")
     end