diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/RSPRawWriter.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/RSPRawWriter.cc
index 4d6d467bf13168e5ef481e9e0e80e771fb47f615..09b8246ea7bc90814065ab9e9c2573dd92a37d45 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/RSPRawWriter.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/RSPRawWriter.cc
@@ -41,17 +41,9 @@ namespace LOFAR
       itsInputThread(parset, RSP_RAW_DATA, streamNr, itsOutputPool, logPrefix),
       itsOutputThread(parset, streamNr, itsOutputPool, mdLogger, mdKeyPrefix, logPrefix)
     {
-      NSTimer timer(str(format("preallocator %u") % itsStreamNr), true, true);
-
       for (unsigned i = 0; i < preAllocateReceiveQueue; i++) {
-        timer.start();
-
-        LOG_DEBUG_STR(str(format("[stream %u] Allocating element %u") % itsStreamNr % i));
         RSPRawData *data = new RSPRawData();
-        LOG_DEBUG_STR(str(format("[stream %u] Appending element %u") % itsStreamNr % i));
         itsOutputPool.free.append(data);
-
-        timer.stop();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/SubbandWriter.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/SubbandWriter.cc
index 10e2041003301595cf30e973c84b5cc0431d9728..7f679c482a9ee43d73584b87b8e0735b546c8409 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/SubbandWriter.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/SubbandWriter.cc
@@ -57,17 +57,9 @@ namespace LOFAR
 
       itsAllocator = new SparseSetAllocator(*itsArena);
 
-      NSTimer timer(str(format("preallocator %u") % itsStreamNr), true, true);
-
       for (unsigned i = 0; i < preAllocateReceiveQueue; i++) {
-        timer.start();
-
-        LOG_DEBUG_STR(str(format("[stream %u] Allocating element %u") % itsStreamNr % i));
         CorrelatedData *data = new CorrelatedData(itsNrStations, itsNrChannels, itsNrSamples, *itsAllocator, itsAlignment);
-        LOG_DEBUG_STR(str(format("[stream %u] Appending element %u") % itsStreamNr % i));
         itsOutputPool.free.append(data);
-
-        timer.stop();
       }
     }
 
@@ -79,17 +71,10 @@ namespace LOFAR
 #       pragma omp section
         {
           OMPThread::ScopedName sn(str(format("allocator %u") % itsStreamNr));
-          NSTimer timer(str(format("allocator %u") % itsStreamNr), true, true);
 
           for (unsigned i = preAllocateReceiveQueue; i < maxReceiveQueueSize; i++) {
-            timer.start();
-
-            LOG_DEBUG_STR(str(format("[stream %u] Allocating element %u") % itsStreamNr % i));
             CorrelatedData *data = new CorrelatedData(itsNrStations, itsNrChannels, itsNrSamples, *itsAllocator, itsAlignment);
-            LOG_DEBUG_STR(str(format("[stream %u] Appending element %u") % itsStreamNr % i));
             itsOutputPool.free.append(data);
-
-            timer.stop();
           }
         }