diff --git a/lib/enkf/enkf_main.cpp b/lib/enkf/enkf_main.cpp
index 76e9bd9824..62bfa3841d 100644
--- a/lib/enkf/enkf_main.cpp
+++ b/lib/enkf/enkf_main.cpp
@@ -2284,7 +2284,6 @@ int enkf_main_load_from_forward_model(enkf_main_type * enkf_main, int iter , boo
 
 
 int enkf_main_load_from_forward_model_with_fs(enkf_main_type * enkf_main, int iter , bool_vector_type * iactive, stringlist_type ** realizations_msg_list, enkf_fs_type * fs) {
-  printf("Loading from forward model\n");
   model_config_type * model_config = enkf_main_get_model_config(enkf_main);
   ert_run_context_type * run_context = ert_run_context_alloc_ENSEMBLE_EXPERIMENT( fs,
                                                                                   iactive,
@@ -2317,7 +2316,6 @@ int enkf_main_load_from_run_context(
       ert_run_context_type * run_context,
       stringlist_type ** realizations_msg_list,
       enkf_fs_type * fs) {
-   printf("Loading from run context\n");
    auto const ens_size = enkf_main_get_ensemble_size( enkf_main );
    auto const * iactive = ert_run_context_get_iactive(run_context);
 
@@ -2326,13 +2324,11 @@ int enkf_main_load_from_run_context(
    thread_pool_type * tp     = thread_pool_alloc( std::thread::hardware_concurrency() , true );
 
    for (int iens = 0; iens < ens_size; ++iens) {
-     printf("\tloading %d (realization %d/%d) ", iens, (1+iens), ens_size);
      result[iens] = 0;
      arg_pack_type * arg_pack = arg_pack_alloc();
      arg_list[iens] = arg_pack;
 
      if (bool_vector_iget(iactive, iens)) {
-       printf("... ");
        enkf_state_type * enkf_state = enkf_main_iget_state( enkf_main , iens );
        arg_pack_append_ptr( arg_pack , enkf_state);                                         /* 0: enkf_state*/
        arg_pack_append_ptr( arg_pack , ert_run_context_iget_arg( run_context , iens ));     /* 1: run_arg */
@@ -2341,12 +2337,10 @@ int enkf_main_load_from_run_context(
        arg_pack_append_ptr(arg_pack, &result[iens]);                                        /* 4: Result */
        thread_pool_add_job( tp , enkf_state_load_from_forward_model_mt , arg_pack);
      }
-     printf("done\n");
    }
 
    thread_pool_join( tp );
    thread_pool_free( tp );
-   printf("\n");
 
    int loaded = 0;
    for (int iens = 0; iens < ens_size; ++iens) {
diff --git a/lib/enkf/enkf_state.cpp b/lib/enkf/enkf_state.cpp
index af34633293..9254bf7849 100644
--- a/lib/enkf/enkf_state.cpp
+++ b/lib/enkf/enkf_state.cpp
@@ -718,10 +718,6 @@ void * enkf_state_load_from_forward_model_mt( void * arg ) {
     *result -= REPORT_STEP_INCOMPATIBLE;
   }
 
-  if (manual_load) {
-    printf(".");
-    fflush(stdout);
-  }
   return NULL;
 }