diff --git a/src/dd4pod/plugins/Geant4Output2Podio.cxx b/src/dd4pod/plugins/Geant4Output2Podio.cxx
index c4947f5b5b10533c801b6b3dbe22008ac6aa5dd1..aa09b22d324e49c7919023dcc873e93c74e132ef 100644
--- a/src/dd4pod/plugins/Geant4Output2Podio.cxx
+++ b/src/dd4pod/plugins/Geant4Output2Podio.cxx
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ namespace dd4hep::sim {
           std::cout << pm.size() <<  " particles\n";
           for (const auto& i : pm) {
             auto part = (dd4hep::sim::Geant4Particle*)(i.second);
-            //std::cout << "charge = " << (int)part->charge << "\n";
             dd4pod::Geant4Particle podpart(
                 (int)part->id, (int)part->g4Parent, (int)part->reason, (int)part->mask, (int)part->steps,
                 (int)part->secondaries, (int)part->pdgID, (int)part->status,
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ namespace dd4hep::sim {
                 (double)part->vsx, (double)part->vsy, (double)part->vsz, (double)part->vex, (double)part->vey,
                 (double)part->vez, (double)part->psx, (double)part->psy, (double)part->psz, (double)part->pex,
                 (double)part->pey, (double)part->pez, (double)part->mass, (double)part->time, (double)part->properTime);
-            //std::cout << "charge2 = " << podpart.charge() << "\n";
             for (const auto& ip : part->parents) {
               podpart.addparents(ip);
             }