diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/block.h b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/block.h
index 6c5bd8ed90..4111e6f786 100644
--- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/block.h
+++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/block.h
@@ -56,20 +56,6 @@
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#if 1
-#define IPRINTK(fmt, args...)				\
-	printk(KERN_INFO "xen_blk: " fmt, ##args)
-#else
-#define IPRINTK(fmt, args...) ((void)0)
-#endif
-
-#if 1
-#define WPRINTK(fmt, args...)				\
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "xen_blk: " fmt, ##args)
-#else
-#define WPRINTK(fmt, args...) ((void)0)
-#endif
-
 #define DPRINTK(_f, _a...) pr_debug(_f, ## _a)
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/vbd.c b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/vbd.c
index aa9333ef41..145e795d29 100644
--- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/vbd.c
+++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/vbd.c
@@ -128,14 +128,12 @@ xlbd_alloc_major_info(int major, int minor, int index)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	printk("Registering block device major %i\n", ptr->major);
 	if (register_blkdev(ptr->major, ptr->type->devname)) {
-		WPRINTK("can't get major %d with name %s\n",
-			ptr->major, ptr->type->devname);
 		kfree(ptr);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	printk("xen-vbd: registered block device major %i\n", ptr->major);
 	major_info[index] = ptr;
 	return ptr;
 }