diff --git a/libsrc/general/profiler.hpp b/libsrc/general/profiler.hpp
index d424ce62..a3ad811c 100644
--- a/libsrc/general/profiler.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/general/profiler.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ public:
   static void StartTimer (int nr) 
   { 
     starttimes[nr] = clock(); counts[nr]++; 
-    VT_USER_START (const_cast<char*> (names[nr].c_str())); 
+    // VT_USER_START (const_cast<char*> (names[nr].c_str())); 
+    VT_USER_START ( (char * const) (names[nr].c_str())); 
   }
   static void StopTimer (int nr) 
   { 
diff --git a/libsrc/interface/nginterface.cpp b/libsrc/interface/nginterface.cpp
index 3640c66c..2a4cb9e8 100644
--- a/libsrc/interface/nginterface.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/interface/nginterface.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     MPI_Query_thread(&provided);
     if (provided < 3)
       if (netgen::ntasks > 1) parthread = false;
-    cout << "runparallel = " << parthread << endl;
+    // cout << "runparallel = " << parthread << endl;
 #endif
 
     if (parthread)
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/curvedelems.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/curvedelems.cpp
index 279c23f3..0fe3bd96 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/curvedelems.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/curvedelems.cpp
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ namespace netgen
 #ifdef PARALLEL
     if (id > 0)
       {
-	cout << "id = " << id << ", get edge coeffs" << endl;
 	Array<int> master_edgeorder;
 	Array<int> master_edgecoeffsindex;
 	Array<Vec<3> > master_edgecoeffs;