diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/io.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/io.c
index 60b72891ef945b29c3cbb6f0b0a87282dd5f1602..f6971c9a6742b55da48abbcdc33f60ac11deb282 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/io.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/io.c
@@ -376,10 +376,8 @@ _client_write(eio_obj_t *obj, List objs)
 	 * Write message to socket.
 	 */
 	buf = client->out_msg->data + (client->out_msg->length - client->out_remaining);
-	debug5("made it here");
 again:
 	if ((n = write(obj->fd, buf, client->out_remaining)) < 0) {
-		debug5("made it here too");
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			goto again;
 		if ((errno == EAGAIN) || (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)) {