diff --git a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
index bb8cc1b709f8bef3aafcd0a764c024b81421a6a4..b0795ee0afc6a9701c840c294766d60fc7fab58b 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ int sbbs_t::external(const char* cmdline, long mode, const char* startup_dir)
 	}
 
 	if(!(mode&EX_INR) && input_thread_running) {
-		lprintf(LOG_DEBUG,"%s %d",__FILE__,__LINE__); 
+		lprintf(LOG_DEBUG,"Locking input thread mutex"); 
 		if(pthread_mutex_lock(&input_thread_mutex)!=0)
 			errormsg(WHERE,ERR_LOCK,"input_thread_mutex",0);
 		input_thread_mutex_locked=true;
@@ -1606,7 +1606,6 @@ int sbbs_t::external(const char* cmdline, long mode, const char* startup_dir)
 		out_pipe[0]=in_pipe[1];
 	}
 	else  {
-		lprintf(LOG_DEBUG,"%s %d",__FILE__,__LINE__); 
 		if(mode&EX_INR)
 			if(pipe(in_pipe)!=0) {
 				errormsg(WHERE,ERR_CREATE,"in_pipe",0);