diff --git a/swiftmpirdmastepsim.c b/swiftmpirdmastepsim.c
index 1fe868d3f187bbe4f04cebd5c58c129f2bae212f..13eabdae4ff986d63f3ad020eb7000a6f8efb02a 100644
--- a/swiftmpirdmastepsim.c
+++ b/swiftmpirdmastepsim.c
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ static MPI_Comm subtypeMPI_comms[task_subtype_count];
 static MPI_Win mpi_window[task_subtype_count];
 static BLOCKTYPE *mpi_ptr[task_subtype_count];
 
-/* Size of a board for a rank. */
-static size_t board_size = 0;
-
 /* The local send queue. */
 static struct mpiuse_log_entry **volatile send_queue;
 static int volatile nr_send = 0;
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ static int datacheck_test(size_t size, void *data) {
  */
 static void *send_thread(void *arg) {
 
-  message("%d: send thread starts", *((int *)arg));
+  message("%d: send thread starts with %d messages", *((int *)arg), nr_send);
   ticks starttics = getticks();
 
   for (int k = 0; k < nr_send; k++) {
@@ -216,8 +213,6 @@ static void *send_thread(void *arg) {
       while (flag == 0) {
         MPI_Test(&request, &flag, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
       }
-      //message("waiting for unlock on %d/%d (%d)", log->otherrank, log->subtype,
-      //        newval[0]);
     }
 
     message("sent and received... %d/%d/%d", k, nr_send, ((char *)log->data)[0]);
@@ -252,27 +247,16 @@ static void *recv_thread(void *arg) {
   while (todo_recv > 0) {
     for (int n = 0; n < nr_ranks; n++) {
       if (todo_recv <= 0) break;
-
       if (n == myrank) continue;
+
       for (int j = 0; j < task_subtype_count; j++) {
         if (todo_recv <= 0) break;
 
         MPI_Win_flush_all(mpi_window[j]);  // XXX emergency measure
         BLOCKTYPE lockval = mpi_ptr[j][n * MESSAGE_SIZE];
 
-        message("lockval check  %d/%d at %zd: lockval %zd", n, j,
-                n * MESSAGE_SIZE, lockval);
-        for (BLOCKTYPE kk = n * MESSAGE_SIZE; kk < (n+1) * MESSAGE_SIZE; kk++) {
-          if (mpi_ptr[j][kk] != 0) {
-            message("non-zero %zd at %zd", mpi_ptr[j][kk], kk);
-          }
-        }
-
         if (lockval == UNLOCKED) {
 
-          message("unlock message %d/%d at %zd: lockval %zd, possibles: %d", n, j,
-                  n * MESSAGE_SIZE, lockval, todo_recv);
-
           /* We have a message waiting to be handled, find the log. */
           int found = 0;
           for (int k = 0; k < nr_recv; k++) {
@@ -300,8 +284,6 @@ static void *recv_thread(void *arg) {
               mpi_ptr[j][n * MESSAGE_SIZE] = LOCKED;
 
               break;
-            } else {
-              message("%d miss: %d/%d/%d", k, log->otherrank, log->subtype, log->done);
             }
           }
           if (!found) {
@@ -318,9 +300,8 @@ static void *recv_thread(void *arg) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (verbose)
-    message("took %.3f %s.", clocks_from_ticks(getticks() - starttics),
-            clocks_getunit());
+  message("took %.3f %s.", clocks_from_ticks(getticks() - starttics),
+          clocks_getunit());
 
   /* Thread exits. */
   return NULL;
@@ -379,7 +360,8 @@ static size_t pick_logs() {
   qsort(recv_queue, nr_recv, sizeof(struct mpiuse_log_entry *), cmp_logs);
   qsort(send_queue, nr_send, sizeof(struct mpiuse_log_entry *), cmp_logs);
 
-  if (verbose) message("maxsize = %zd", maxsize);
+  if (verbose) message("maxsize = %zd, nr_send = %d, nr_recv = %d",
+                       maxsize, nr_send, nr_recv);
   return maxsize;
 }