diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/Gimp.pm b/plug-ins/perl/Gimp.pm
index 84eb64dcb9..31ef02610b 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/Gimp.pm
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/Gimp.pm
@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ sub AUTOLOAD {
    my ($class,$name) = $AUTOLOAD =~ /^(.*)::(.*?)$/;
    for(@{"$class\::PREFIXES"}) {
       my $sub = $_.$name;
-      print "checking for $sub(",join(",",@_),")\n";
       if (exists $ignore_function{$sub}) {
         *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub { () };
         goto &$AUTOLOAD;
diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL b/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL
index 8faf7de1fe..587ceefa96 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ $GIMP_INC_NOUI = "-I../../ $GIMP_INC_NOUI" if $IN_GIMP;
 if ($IN_GIMP) {
    $dont_embed = "false";
    push(@DIRS,'nolib');
+   print "configuring in embed/Makefile...\n";
    system("cd embed && perl Makefile.PL");
 } else {
    $dont_embed = "true";