diff --git a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/cc/types/License.java b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/cc/types/License.java
index f904e5c..307bc5c 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/cc/types/License.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/cc/types/License.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class License {
         License.lookupLicense.put(uri, this);
 
         if (this.uri.endsWith("/")) {
-            // LOG.debug(uri.substring(0,this.uri.lastIndexOf("/")));
             License.lookupLicense.put(uri.substring(0, this.uri.lastIndexOf("/")), this);
         }
     }
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/ContentItem.java b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/ContentItem.java
index 8ca9600..ce21a17 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/ContentItem.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/ContentItem.java
@@ -114,39 +114,31 @@ public class ContentItem implements Cloneable {
         }
         final ContentItem other = (ContentItem) obj;
         if (contentFormat == null ? other.contentFormat != null : !contentFormat.equals(other.contentFormat)) {
-            // LOG.debug("format");
             return false;
         }
         if (contentEncoding == null ? other.contentEncoding != null : !contentEncoding.equals(other.contentEncoding)) {
-            // LOG.debug("enc");
             return false;
         }
         final String thisCV = contentValue.replaceAll(" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"", "").trim();
-        ;
         final String thatCV = other.contentValue.replaceAll(" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"", "").trim();
         if (contentValue == null ? other.contentValue != null : !thisCV.equals(thatCV)) {
 
             return false;
         }
         if (contentValueDOM != other.contentValueDOM && (contentValueDOM == null || !contentValueDOM.equals(other.contentValueDOM))) {
-            // LOG.debug("vd");
             return false;
         }
         if (contentAbout == null ? other.contentAbout != null : !contentAbout.equals(other.contentAbout)) {
-            // LOG.debug("abt");
             return false;
         }
         if (contentValueParseType == null ? other.contentValueParseType != null : !contentValueParseType.equals(other.contentValueParseType)) {
-            // LOG.debug("pt");
             return false;
         }
         if (contentValueNamespace != other.contentValueNamespace
                 && (contentValueNamespace == null || !contentValueNamespace.equals(other.contentValueNamespace))) {
-            // LOG.debug("ns");
             return false;
         }
         if (contentResource == null ? other.contentResource != null : !contentResource.equals(other.contentResource)) {
-            // LOG.debug("res");
             return false;
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/io/ContentModuleGenerator.java b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/io/ContentModuleGenerator.java
index 9094385..77372d3 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/io/ContentModuleGenerator.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/content/io/ContentModuleGenerator.java
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ public class ContentModuleGenerator implements com.rometools.rome.io.ModuleGener
                 }
 
                 if (contentItem.getContentFormat() != null) {
-                    // LOG.debug( "Format");
                     final Element format = new Element("format", CONTENT_NS);
                     final Attribute formatResource = new Attribute("resource", contentItem.getContentFormat(), RDF_NS);
                     format.setAttribute(formatResource);
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ public class ContentModuleGenerator implements com.rometools.rome.io.ModuleGener
                 }
 
                 if (contentItem.getContentEncoding() != null) {
-                    // LOG.debug( "Encoding");
                     final Element encoding = new Element("encoding", CONTENT_NS);
                     final Attribute encodingResource = new Attribute("resource", contentItem.getContentEncoding(), RDF_NS);
                     encoding.setAttribute(encodingResource);
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ItemParser.java b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ItemParser.java
index 607c974..5e4ff12 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ItemParser.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ItemParser.java
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ public class ItemParser implements com.rometools.rome.io.ModuleParser {
         values = values.size() == 0 ? values : new ArrayList<EntryValue>();
 
         final List<Element> sorts = new ArrayList<Element>(element.getChildren("sort", ModuleParser.TEMP));
-        // LOG.debug("]]] sorts on element"+sorts.size());
+
         for (final Element sort : sorts) {
             final String dataType = sort.getAttributeValue("data-type");
-            // LOG.debug("Doing datatype "+dataType +" :: "+sorts.size());
             if (dataType == null || dataType.equals(Sort.TEXT_TYPE)) {
                 final StringValue value = new StringValue();
                 value.setElement(sort.getAttributeValue("element"));
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ public class ItemParser implements com.rometools.rome.io.ModuleParser {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Unknown datatype");
             }
         }
-        // LOG.debug("Values created "+values.size()+" from sorts" +sorts.size());
+
         sle.setSortValues(values.toArray(new EntryValue[values.size()]));
 
         return sle;
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParser.java b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParser.java
index 1cde3f6..3eca7d1 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParser.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/main/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParser.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class ModuleParser implements com.rometools.rome.io.ModuleParser {
 
                     continue;
                 }
-                // LOG.debug(e.getName());
+
                 final Element value = e.getChild(sort2.getElement(), sort2.getNamespace());
                 if (value == null) {
                     LOG.debug("No value for {} : {}", sort2.getElement(), sort2.getNamespace());
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParserTest.java b/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParserTest.java
index 3e8caae..3038512 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParserTest.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sle/io/ModuleParserTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class ModuleParserTest extends AbstractTestCase {
         final SyndFeedInput input = new SyndFeedInput();
         final SyndFeed feed = input.build(new File(super.getTestFile("data/bookexample.xml")));
         final SimpleListExtension sle = (SimpleListExtension) feed.getModule(SimpleListExtension.URI);
-        // LOG.debug( sle );
+
         assertEquals("list", sle.getTreatAs());
         final Group[] groups = sle.getGroupFields();
         assertEquals("genre", groups[0].getElement());
diff --git a/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sse/SSEParserTest.java b/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sse/SSEParserTest.java
index f0f5846..6f4f8fb 100644
--- a/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sse/SSEParserTest.java
+++ b/rome-modules/src/test/java/com/rometools/modules/sse/SSEParserTest.java
@@ -226,13 +226,6 @@ public class SSEParserTest extends AbstractTestCase {
                     }
                 }
 
-                // if (!foundEqual) {
-                // // show accumulated error messages
-                // for (Iterator mesgIter = messages.iterator(); mesgIter.hasNext();) {
-                // LOG.debug((String) mesgIter.next());
-                // }
-                // }
-
                 // look for the content in the other tree
                 assertTrue("could not find matching element for: " + one.getName(), foundEqual);
             }
diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/DateParser.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/DateParser.java
index 68b5702..64adb6d 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/DateParser.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/io/impl/DateParser.java
@@ -113,9 +113,7 @@ public class DateParser {
                 if (pp.getIndex() != sDate.length()) {
                     d = null;
                 }
-                // LOG.debug("pp["+pp.getIndex()+"] s["+sDate+" m["+masks[i]+"] d["+d+"]");
             } catch (final Exception ex1) {
-                // LOG.debug("s: "+sDate+" m: "+masks[i]+" d: "+null);
             }
         }
         return d;