diff --git a/src/gen_surface_forcing.F90 b/src/gen_surface_forcing.F90
index b8aef62a1..19c20505f 100644
--- a/src/gen_surface_forcing.F90
+++ b/src/gen_surface_forcing.F90
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ SUBROUTINE nc_sbc_ini(partit, mesh)
       end do
          ! interpolate in time
          
-      if (partit%mype==0) then 
-        write(*,*) 'sbc_do --> mstep:',mstep, ' rdate=', rdate
-      end if 
+      !!PS if (partit%mype==0) then 
+      !!PS  write(*,*) 'sbc_do --> mstep:',mstep, ' rdate=', rdate
+      !!PS end if 
       call data_timeinterp(rdate, partit)
    END SUBROUTINE nc_sbc_ini
 
@@ -1577,9 +1577,9 @@ SUBROUTINE sbc_do(partit, mesh)
     end if
 #endif
 
-      if (partit%mype==0) then 
-        write(*,*) 'sbc_do --> mstep:',mstep, ' rdate=', rdate
-      end if 
+      !!PS if (partit%mype==0) then 
+      !!PS   write(*,*) 'sbc_do --> mstep:',mstep, ' rdate=', rdate
+      !!PS end if 
 
       ! interpolate in time
       call data_timeinterp(rdate, partit)