diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/p3dInstanceManager.cxx b/direct/src/plugin/p3dInstanceManager.cxx
index 5aec8115be..e8fdd01f46 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/p3dInstanceManager.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/p3dInstanceManager.cxx
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ P3DInstanceManager() {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 P3DInstanceManager::
 ~P3DInstanceManager() {
-  nout << "~P3DInstanceManager\n" << flush;
   if (_started_notify_thread) {
     _notify_ready.acquire();
     _notify_thread_continue = false;
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ P3DInstanceManager::
 
   assert(_instances.empty());
   assert(_sessions.empty());
-  nout << "done ~P3DInstanceManager\n" << flush;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -155,7 +153,6 @@ start_instance(P3DInstance *inst, const string &p3d_filename,
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void P3DInstanceManager::
 finish_instance(P3DInstance *inst) {
-  nout << "finish_instance(" << inst << ")\n" << flush;
   Instances::iterator ii;
   ii = _instances.find(inst);
   assert(ii != _instances.end());
@@ -376,5 +373,4 @@ nt_thread_run() {
     _notify_ready.wait();
   }
   _notify_ready.release();
-  nout << "exiting nt_thread_run\n" << flush;
 }
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/p3dMultifileReader.cxx b/direct/src/plugin/p3dMultifileReader.cxx
index 1952fdaf08..fcd65e4312 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/p3dMultifileReader.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/p3dMultifileReader.cxx
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ extract(const string &pathname, const string &to_dir,
   Subfiles::iterator si;
   for (si = _subfiles.begin(); si != _subfiles.end(); ++si) {
     const Subfile &s = (*si);
-    nout << s._filename << "\n";
 
     string output_pathname = to_dir + "/" + s._filename;
     if (!mkfile_complete(output_pathname)) {
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/p3dPackage.cxx b/direct/src/plugin/p3dPackage.cxx
index 722c08deb8..a14911a2a7 100755
--- a/direct/src/plugin/p3dPackage.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/p3dPackage.cxx
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ desc_file_download_finished(bool success) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void P3DPackage::
 got_desc_file(TiXmlDocument *doc, bool freshly_downloaded) {
-  nout << "got desc file\n";
-
   TiXmlElement *xpackage = doc->FirstChildElement("package");
   TiXmlElement *uncompressed_archive = NULL;
   TiXmlElement *compressed_archive = NULL;
@@ -286,8 +284,6 @@ got_desc_file(TiXmlDocument *doc, bool freshly_downloaded) {
     component = component->NextSiblingElement("component");
   }
 
-  nout << "got " << _components.size() << " components\n";
-
   // Verify all of the components.
   bool all_components_ok = true;
   Components::iterator ci;
@@ -383,8 +379,6 @@ compressed_archive_download_finished(bool success) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void P3DPackage::
 uncompress_archive() {
-  nout << "uncompressing " << _compressed_archive.get_filename() << "\n";
-
   string source_pathname = _package_dir + "/" + _compressed_archive.get_filename();
   string target_pathname = _package_dir + "/" + _uncompressed_archive.get_filename();
 
@@ -517,8 +511,6 @@ uncompress_archive() {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void P3DPackage::
 extract_archive() {
-  nout << "extracting " << _uncompressed_archive.get_filename() << "\n";
-
   string source_pathname = _package_dir + "/" + _uncompressed_archive.get_filename();
   P3DMultifileReader reader;
   if (!reader.extract(source_pathname, _package_dir,
@@ -529,7 +521,6 @@ extract_archive() {
     return;
   }
 
-  nout << "done extracting\n";
   report_done(true);
 }
 
@@ -556,8 +547,6 @@ report_progress(double progress) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void P3DPackage::
 report_done(bool success) {
-  nout << "report_done(" << success << "), "
-       << _callbacks.size() << " callbacks\n";
   if (success) {
     _ready = true;
     _failed = false;
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonObject.cxx b/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonObject.cxx
index 1ba0968244..bda01c6b8e 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonObject.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/p3dPythonObject.cxx
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ call(const string &method_name, P3D_object *params[], int num_params) const {
   doc->LinkEndChild(decl);
   doc->LinkEndChild(xcommand);
   TiXmlDocument *response = _session->command_and_response(doc);
-  nout << "call response pointer: " << response << "\n" << flush;
 
   P3D_object *result = NULL;
   if (response != NULL) {
@@ -219,10 +218,6 @@ call(const string &method_name, P3D_object *params[], int num_params) const {
     delete response;
   }
 
-  nout << "call result = " << result << "\n" << flush;
-  if (result != NULL) {
-    nout << "  result = " << *result << "\n" << flush;
-  }
   return result;
 }