diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
index 8fd603558..6798ee29c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
@@ -1141,8 +1141,10 @@ bool GxsSecurity::validateNxsGrp(const RsNxsGrp& grp, const RsTlvKeySignature& s
 		signOk = EVP_VerifyFinal(mdctx, sigbuf, siglen, signKey);
 		EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(mdctx);
 
+#ifdef GXS_SECURITY_DEBUG
                 if(i>0)
 		std::cerr << "(WW) Checking group signature with old api version " << i+1 << " : tag " << std::hex << api_versions_to_check[i] << std::dec << " result: " << signOk << std::endl;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/* clean up */
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
index 734fc9aba..76d447cc8 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
@@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ int 	pqissl::Basic_Connection_Complete()
 	{
 		// error - reset socket.
 		// this is a definite bad socket!.
-		
+#ifdef PQISSL_LOG_DEBUG2
   		rslog(RSL_WARNING, pqisslzone, 
 	  	  "pqissl::Basic_Connection_Complete() Select ERROR(2)");
-		
+#endif
 		net_internal_close(sockfd);
 		sockfd=-1;
 		//reset();
@@ -1598,7 +1598,9 @@ int pqissl::readdata(void *data, int len)
 					reset_locked();
 				}
 
+#ifdef PQISSL_LOG_DEBUG2
 				rslog(RSL_ALERT, pqisslzone, out);
+#endif
 				//std::cerr << out << std::endl ;
 				return -1;
 			}