diff --git a/helpers/create-users-groups.sh b/helpers/create-users-groups.sh
index bdb1a91f0ed..81aaacacd80 100644
--- a/helpers/create-users-groups.sh
+++ b/helpers/create-users-groups.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cat "$2" | while true; do
             "$name" \
             ${gid:+--gid $gid}
     else
-        echo "updating group $name..."
+        #echo "updating group $name..."
         oldIFS="$IFS"; IFS=:; set -- $curEnt; IFS="$oldIFS"
         prevGid=$3
         if test -n "$gid" -a "$prevGid" != "$gid"; then
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ cat "$1" | while true; do
             --shell "$shell" \
             ${createHome:+--create-home}
     else
-        echo "updating user $name..."
+        #echo "updating user $name..."
         oldIFS="$IFS"; IFS=:; set -- $curEnt; IFS="$oldIFS"
         prevUid=$3
         prevHome=$6
diff --git a/system/switch-to-configuration.sh b/system/switch-to-configuration.sh
index a2bdb094d98..3fd038e20f8 100644
--- a/system/switch-to-configuration.sh
+++ b/system/switch-to-configuration.sh
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ if test "$action" = "switch" -o "$action" = "test"; then
             echo "restarting $event..."
             stopJob $event
             initctl start "$event"
-        else
-            echo "unchanged $event"
         fi
     done
 fi