diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8b33fc8..37b6fd2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
 class eo_sdist(sdist):
 
     def run(self):
-        print "creating VERSION file"
         if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
             os.remove('VERSION')
         version = get_version()
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ class eo_sdist(sdist):
         version_file.write(version)
         version_file.close()
         sdist.run(self)
-        print "removing VERSION file"
         if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
             os.remove('VERSION')