diff --git a/libtransmission/fdlimit.c b/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
index 8fbe1f97f..f057b2ce2 100644
--- a/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
+++ b/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ void
 tr_close_file( int fd )
 {
 #if defined(HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE)
-    const int err = errno;
     /* Set hint about not caching this file.
        It's okay for this to fail silently, so don't let it affect errno */
+    const int err = errno;
     posix_fadvise( fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED );
     errno = err;
 #endif
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.c b/libtransmission/utils.c
index c14e418bc..93f05f055 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.c
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.c
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ tr_loadFile( const char * path,
         errno = err;
         return NULL;
     }
-    tr_inf( "at the end of stat(%s), errno is %d", path, errno );
 
     if( ( sb.st_mode & S_IFMT ) != S_IFREG )
     {
@@ -489,7 +488,6 @@ tr_loadFile( const char * path,
         errno = EISDIR;
         return NULL;
     }
-    tr_inf( "looks like %s is a regular file... now we'll try to read it", path );
 
     /* Load the torrent file into our buffer */
     fd = tr_open_file_for_scanning( path );
@@ -500,7 +498,6 @@ tr_loadFile( const char * path,
         errno = err;
         return NULL;
     }
-    tr_inf( "after trying to open the file for reading, fd is %d and errno is %d", fd, errno );
     buf = malloc( sb.st_size + 1 );
     if( !buf )
     {
@@ -511,7 +508,6 @@ tr_loadFile( const char * path,
         return NULL;
     }
     n = read( fd, buf, sb.st_size );
-    tr_inf( "file size is %"PRId64"; read is %"PRId64", errno is %d", (int64_t)sb.st_size, (int64_t)n, errno );
     if( n == -1 )
     {
         const int err = errno;
@@ -522,7 +518,6 @@ tr_loadFile( const char * path,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    tr_inf( "nearing the end, and errno is %d", errno );
     tr_close_file( fd );
     buf[ sb.st_size ] = '\0';
     *size = sb.st_size;