diff --git a/cli/cli_utils/src/bench_utils.rs b/cli/cli_utils/src/bench_utils.rs
index 4c929e0ea7..146f500380 100644
--- a/cli/cli_utils/src/bench_utils.rs
+++ b/cli/cli_utils/src/bench_utils.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ fn exec_bench_w_input<T: Measurement>(
 ) {
     let flags: &[&str] = &["--optimize"];
 
-    println!("building {:?}", executable_filename);
     let compile_out = run_roc(&[&["build", file.to_str().unwrap()], flags].concat());
-    println!("done building.");
 
-    /*if !compile_out.stderr.is_empty() {
+    if !compile_out.stderr.is_empty() {
         panic!("{}", compile_out.stderr);
     }
 
@@ -26,13 +24,9 @@ fn exec_bench_w_input<T: Measurement>(
         compile_out
     );
 
-    println!("checking output for {:?}", executable_filename);
     check_cmd_output(file, stdin_str, executable_filename, expected_ending);
 
-    println!("benching {:?}", executable_filename);
     bench_cmd(file, stdin_str, executable_filename, bench_group_opt);
-
-    println!("DONE");*/
 }
 
 fn check_cmd_output(