diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 492a1a1..9dd6fca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+0.7.2
+ - fix: remove unnecessary print-calls
 0.7.1
  - build: fix macOS pipeline
 0.7.0
diff --git a/mpl_data_cast/gui/preferences.py b/mpl_data_cast/gui/preferences.py
index 5a58830..1b6109a 100644
--- a/mpl_data_cast/gui/preferences.py
+++ b/mpl_data_cast/gui/preferences.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def on_settings_ok(self):
                 value = int(widget.value())
             else:
                 raise NotImplementedError("No rule for '{}'".format(key))
-            print(key, value)
             self.settings.setValue(key, value)
 
         # reload UI to give visual feedback
diff --git a/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py b/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py
index 764843c..4e4a571 100644
--- a/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py
+++ b/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ def cleanup_tmp_dirs():
                     # process. If the process does not exist anymore, we
                     # may delete it.
                     pid = int(pp.name.split("-")[1])
-                    print(pp, pid, psutil.pid_exists(pid))
                     if not psutil.pid_exists(pid):
                         shutil.rmtree(pp, ignore_errors=True)
             except BaseException:
diff --git a/mpl_data_cast/util.py b/mpl_data_cast/util.py
index 23d8e96..9799deb 100644
--- a/mpl_data_cast/util.py
+++ b/mpl_data_cast/util.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def copyhashfile(path_in: str | pathlib.Path,
         try:
             with path_in.open('rb') as fd, path_out.open("wb") as fo:
                 while buf := fd.read(blocksize):
-                    print(len(buf))
                     hasher.update(buf)
                     fo.write(buf)
         except BaseException: