diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 8f114a9a..0f8d85d7 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Working TODO list:
 
  - need to cleanup ex handler output in icyc.scm
-   remove debug lines from runtime raise function
 
  - Fixup Cyc_sum to use varargs and call (error) if anything bad happens. then generalize to - * /
  - need an error() function that will call (error) from the C runtime
diff --git a/runtime.h b/runtime.h
index 4ecdf042..2571a86d 100644
--- a/runtime.h
+++ b/runtime.h
@@ -1258,15 +1258,9 @@ object Cyc_current_exception_handler() {
 
 /* Raise an exception from the runtime code */
 void Cyc_rt_raise(object err) {
-   //printf("DEBUG err = ");
-   //Cyc_display(err);
-   //printf("\n");
     make_cons(c2, err, nil);
     make_cons(c1, boolean_f, &c2);
     make_cons(c0, &c1, nil);
-   //printf("sending to apply => ");
-   //Cyc_display(&c0);
-   //printf("\n");
     apply(nil, Cyc_current_exception_handler(), &c0);
     // Should never get here
     fprintf(stderr, "Internal error in Cyc_rt_raise\n");