diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
index 1acab9fb..080e70b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e . -r requirements/test.txt -U -q --find-links $TORCH_URL
           pip list
 
-      # FIXME: REMOVE
-      # - name: Setup tmate session
-      #   uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
-
       - name: Tests
         run: coverage run --source litdata -m pytest tests -v
 
diff --git a/src/litdata/processing/data_processor.py b/src/litdata/processing/data_processor.py
index 02bbca42..ba100794 100644
--- a/src/litdata/processing/data_processor.py
+++ b/src/litdata/processing/data_processor.py
@@ -255,14 +255,12 @@ def _upload_fn(upload_queue: Queue, remove_queue: Queue, cache_dir: str, output_
             output_filepath = remove_uuid_from_filename(output_filepath)  # remove unique id from checkpoints
 
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_filepath), exist_ok=True)
-            print(f"copying {local_filepath} to {output_filepath}")
             shutil.copy(local_filepath, output_filepath)
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"The provided {output_dir.path} isn't supported.")
 
         # Inform the remover to delete the file
         if remove_queue and os.path.exists(local_filepath):
-            print(f"putting {local_filepath} on the remove queue")
             remove_queue.put([local_filepath])
 
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d12ff2f6..17e47ed8 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import sys
-import threading
 from types import ModuleType
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
 import torch.distributed
-from litdata.streaming.reader import PrepareChunksThread
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
@@ -67,31 +65,3 @@ def lightning_sdk_mock(monkeypatch):
     lightning_sdk = ModuleType("lightning_sdk")
     monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "lightning_sdk", lightning_sdk)
     return lightning_sdk
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def _thread_police():
-    """Attempts to stop left-over threads to avoid test interactions.
-
-    Adapted from PyTorch Lightning.
-
-    """
-    active_threads_before = set(threading.enumerate())
-    yield
-    active_threads_after = set(threading.enumerate())
-
-    for thread in active_threads_after - active_threads_before:
-        if isinstance(thread, PrepareChunksThread):
-            thread.force_stop()
-            continue
-
-        stop = getattr(thread, "stop", None) or getattr(thread, "exit", None)
-        if thread.daemon and callable(stop):
-            # A daemon thread would anyway be stopped at the end of a program
-            # We do it preemptively here to reduce the risk of interactions with other tests that run after
-            stop()
-            assert not thread.is_alive()
-        elif thread.name == "QueueFeederThread":
-            thread.join(timeout=20)
-        else:
-            raise AssertionError(f"Test left zombie thread: {thread}")
diff --git a/tests/streaming/test_dataset.py b/tests/streaming/test_dataset.py
index fba51389..2299b3eb 100644
--- a/tests/streaming/test_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/streaming/test_dataset.py
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ def test_dataset_resume_on_future_chunks(shuffle, tmpdir, monkeypatch):
         inputs=list(range(8)),
         output_dir=data_dir,
         chunk_size=190,
-        num_workers=1,
+        num_workers=1,  # TODO: Want 4 here, but optimize() has deletion race condition
         num_uploaders=1,
     )
     sleep(5)  # wait for copier/remover threads to complete