diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index be3578fb..7664933d 100755
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(GNUPLOT, gnuplot, nognuplot)
 AS_IF([test "$ac_cv_path_GNUPLOT" = "nognuplot"],AC_MSG_NOTICE([could not find gnuplot]),[])
 AX_SWIG_BIN([])
 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]),[])
 AX_JAVA
 dnl look for libraries and headers we need to compile
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a438d119..e9c313e1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4185,7 +4185,6 @@ $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