diff --git a/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusRead.cc b/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusRead.cc
index 15e9c66da7b72638b087d065bb180efb170cede2..76ec57d6f889b9e23dfd8c1aa2249b77c85dd90a 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusRead.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusRead.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ GCFEvent::TResult TDSStatusRead::handleack(GCFEvent& event, GCFPortInterface& /*
     status.board()(getBoardId()).invalid = 1;
     Cache::getInstance().getState().tdstatusread().read_error(getBoardId());
   } else {
-    LOG_INFO(formatString("LOCK: 0x%02x", ack.result[STATUS_INDEX]));
+    LOG_DEBUG(formatString("LOCK: 0x%02x", ack.result[STATUS_INDEX]));
     memcpy(&status.board()(getBoardId()), &ack.result + STATUS_INDEX, sizeof(TDBoardStatus));
     Cache::getInstance().getState().tdstatusread().read_ack(getBoardId());
   }
diff --git a/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusWrite.cc b/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusWrite.cc
index f38f2fd22adc0f51b0d640a4f96683b32ea63368..f9d8826ce38cf7b158795ed1008e78cc6c803b13 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusWrite.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TDSStatusWrite.cc
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ void TDSStatusWrite::sendrequest()
   tdsprotocol.hdr.set(MEPHeader::TDS_PROTOCOL_HDR, MEPHeader::DST_RSP, MEPHeader::WRITE, sizeof(tds_readstatus), 0);
   tdsprotocol.protocol.setBuffer((char*)buf, sizeof(tds_readstatus));
 
-  // indicate that we're initialising the hardware
-  LOG_INFO_STR("Reading lock detect on board " << getBoardId());
-
   m_hdr = tdsprotocol.hdr; // remember header to match with ack
 
   getBoardPort().send(tdsprotocol);