diff --git a/apps/apps.c b/apps/apps.c
index 475e47e5701e91adefd6bf65d95338a361f60115..bdd14dd51bd8967551479a73e3fabf4d314f4e42 100644
--- a/apps/apps.c
+++ b/apps/apps.c
@@ -1709,7 +1709,9 @@ int save_index(char *dbfile, char *suffix, CA_DB *db)
 #else
 	j = BIO_snprintf(buf[0], sizeof buf[0], "%s-%s", dbfile, suffix);
 #endif
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 	BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: writing \"%s\"\n", buf[0]);
+#endif
 	if (BIO_write_filename(out,buf[0]) <= 0)
 		{
 		perror(dbfile);
@@ -1722,7 +1724,9 @@ int save_index(char *dbfile, char *suffix, CA_DB *db)
 	BIO_free(out);
 
 	out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 	BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: writing \"%s\"\n", buf[1]);
+#endif
 	if (BIO_write_filename(out,buf[1]) <= 0)
 		{
 		perror(buf[2]);
@@ -1796,8 +1800,10 @@ int rotate_index(char *dbfile, char *new_suffix, char *old_suffix)
 		}
 	else
 		{
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: renaming \"%s\" to \"%s\"\n",
 			dbfile, buf[1]);
+#endif
 		if (rename(dbfile,buf[1]) < 0)
 			{
 			BIO_printf(bio_err,
@@ -1807,8 +1813,10 @@ int rotate_index(char *dbfile, char *new_suffix, char *old_suffix)
 			goto err;
 			}
 		}
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 	BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: renaming \"%s\" to \"%s\"\n",
 		buf[0],dbfile);
+#endif
 	if (rename(buf[0],dbfile) < 0)
 		{
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,
@@ -1828,8 +1836,10 @@ int rotate_index(char *dbfile, char *new_suffix, char *old_suffix)
 		}
 	else
 		{
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: renaming \"%s\" to \"%s\"\n",
 			buf[4],buf[3]);
+#endif
 		if (rename(buf[4],buf[3]) < 0)
 			{
 			BIO_printf(bio_err,
@@ -1841,8 +1851,10 @@ int rotate_index(char *dbfile, char *new_suffix, char *old_suffix)
 			goto err;
 			}
 		}
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 	BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: renaming \"%s\" to \"%s\"\n",
 		buf[2],buf[4]);
+#endif
 	if (rename(buf[2],buf[4]) < 0)
 		{
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,
diff --git a/apps/ca.c b/apps/ca.c
index 574cdd7fdc9fe01967a4cd50a7179cf853723de4..0f8abc85ee6ded9387e7d0fd38a39648c6edc543 100644
--- a/apps/ca.c
+++ b/apps/ca.c
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ bad:
 	p = NCONF_get_string(conf, section, "unique_subject");
 	if (p)
 		{
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: unique_subject = \"%s\"\n", p);
+#endif
 		switch(*p)
 			{
 		case 'f': /* false */
@@ -658,10 +660,14 @@ bad:
 			break;
 			}
 		}
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 	else
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: unique_subject undefined\n", p);
+#endif
+#ifdef RL_DEBUG
 	BIO_printf(bio_err, "DEBUG: configured unique_subject is %d\n",
 		db_attr.unique_subject);
+#endif
 	
 	in=BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
 	out=BIO_new(BIO_s_file());