diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index e5c7fd3c..be3578fb 100755
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ AS_IF([test "$ac_cv_path_PYTHON" = "nopython"],AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find pyth
 AC_PATH_PROG(GNUPLOT, gnuplot, nognuplot)
 AS_IF([test "$ac_cv_path_GNUPLOT" = "nognuplot"],AC_MSG_NOTICE([could not find gnuplot]),[])
 AX_SWIG_BIN([])
-echo $SWIG_BIN
-echo
-echo
 AC_PATH_PROG(SWIG, swig, noswig, $SWIG_BIN)
 echo $SWIG
 AS_IF([test "$ac_cv_path_SWIG" = "noswig"],AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find swig]),[])
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 486c04e5..a438d119 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4144,9 +4144,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-echo $SWIG_BIN
-echo
-echo
 # Extract the first word of "swig", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy swig; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
@@ -4188,6 +4185,7 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
+echo $SWIG
 if test "$ac_cv_path_SWIG" = "noswig"; then :
   as_fn_error $? "could not find swig" "$LINENO" 5
 fi