diff --git a/src/runner.c b/src/runner.c
index f17715fdffc76abceaa672d700b95af5e8d3538e..cd047514ab6ff4c67e13bd67daabc8f00af5f67a 100644
--- a/src/runner.c
+++ b/src/runner.c
@@ -175,10 +175,6 @@ void runner_do_grav_external(struct runner *r, struct cell *c, int timer) {
       if (c->progeny[k] != NULL) runner_do_grav_external(r, c->progeny[k], 0);
   } else {
 
-#ifdef TASK_VERBOSE
-    OUT;
-#endif
-
     /* Loop over the gparts in this cell. */
     for (int i = 0; i < gcount; i++) {
 
@@ -223,10 +219,6 @@ void runner_do_cooling(struct runner *r, struct cell *c, int timer) {
       if (c->progeny[k] != NULL) runner_do_cooling(r, c->progeny[k], 0);
   } else {
 
-#ifdef TASK_VERBOSE
-    OUT;
-#endif
-
     /* Loop over the parts in this cell. */
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 
@@ -923,10 +915,6 @@ void runner_do_kick(struct runner *r, struct cell *c, int timer) {
     return;
   }
 
-#ifdef TASK_VERBOSE
-  OUT;
-#endif
-
   int updated = 0, g_updated = 0;
   int ti_end_min = max_nr_timesteps, ti_end_max = 0;