diff --git a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/HLTPFTauPairLeadTrackDzMatchFilter.cc b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/HLTPFTauPairLeadTrackDzMatchFilter.cc
index c4b725c1fe00f..90bd30679008a 100644
--- a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/HLTPFTauPairLeadTrackDzMatchFilter.cc
+++ b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/HLTPFTauPairLeadTrackDzMatchFilter.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool HLTPFTauPairLeadTrackDzMatchFilter::hltFilter(edm::Event& ev,
   const size_t n_taus = taus.size();
 
   // Combine taus into pairs and check the dz matching
-  size_t npairs = 0, nfail_dz = 0;
+  size_t npairs = 0;
   if (n_taus > 1)
     for (size_t t1 = 0; t1 < n_taus; ++t1) {
       if (taus[t1].leadPFChargedHadrCand().isNull() || taus[t1].leadPFChargedHadrCand()->trackRef().isNull() ||
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ bool HLTPFTauPairLeadTrackDzMatchFilter::hltFilter(edm::Event& ev,
 
         // do not form a pair if dz is too large
         if (std::abs(dz) > tauLeadTrackMaxDZ_) {
-          ++nfail_dz;
           continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauJetsMerger.cc b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauJetsMerger.cc
index 13d9c9773aeff..0afef25928009 100644
--- a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauJetsMerger.cc
+++ b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauJetsMerger.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ void L2TauJetsMerger::produce(edm::StreamID iSId, edm::Event& iEvent, const edm:
   //and removing the collinear jets
   CaloJetCollection myTmpJets;
 
-  int iL1Jet = 0;
   for (vtoken_cjets::const_iterator s = jetSrc_token.begin(); s != jetSrc_token.end(); ++s) {
     edm::Handle<CaloJetCollection> tauJets;
     iEvent.getByToken(*s, tauJets);
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ void L2TauJetsMerger::produce(edm::StreamID iSId, edm::Event& iEvent, const edm:
         myTmpJets.push_back(myJet);
       }
     }
-    iL1Jet++;
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<CaloJetCollection> tauL2jets(new CaloJetCollection);
diff --git a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauPixelTrackMatch.cc b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauPixelTrackMatch.cc
index d819ba387f47b..d8b79b20c9fdf 100644
--- a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauPixelTrackMatch.cc
+++ b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/L2TauPixelTrackMatch.cc
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 #include "DataFormats/HLTReco/interface/TriggerTypeDefs.h"
 #include "DataFormats/Math/interface/deltaPhi.h"
 
-// all these debug printouts will need to be removed at some point
-//#define DBG_PRINT(arg) (arg)
-#define DBG_PRINT(arg)
-
 L2TauPixelTrackMatch::L2TauPixelTrackMatch(const edm::ParameterSet& conf) {
   m_jetSrc = consumes<trigger::TriggerFilterObjectWithRefs>(conf.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("JetSrc"));
   m_jetMinPt = conf.getParameter<double>("JetMinPt");
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ void L2TauPixelTrackMatch::produce(edm::StreamID, edm::Event& ev, const edm::Eve
   ev.getByToken(m_beamSpotTag, bsHandle);
   const reco::BeamSpot& bs = *bsHandle;
   math::XYZPoint beam_spot(bs.x0(), bs.y0(), bs.z0());
-  DBG_PRINT(cout << endl << "beamspot " << beam_spot << endl);
 
   // *** Pick up pixel tracks ***
 
@@ -73,52 +68,32 @@ void L2TauPixelTrackMatch::produce(edm::StreamID, edm::Event& ev, const edm::Eve
     trk.vtx = math::XYZPoint(bs.x(dz), bs.y(dz), dz);
     good_tracks.push_back(trk);
   }
-  DBG_PRINT(cout << "got " << good_tracks.size() << " good tracks;   " << n_jets << " tau jets" << endl);
 
   // *** Match tau jets to intertesting tracks  and assign them new vertices ***
 
   // the new product
   std::unique_ptr<CaloJetCollection> new_tau_jets(new CaloJetCollection);
-  int n_uniq = 0;
   if (!good_tracks.empty())
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n_jets; ++i) {
       reco::CaloJetRef jet = tau_jets[i];
       if (jet->pt() < m_jetMinPt || std::abs(jet->eta()) > m_jetMaxEta)
         continue;
 
-      DBG_PRINT(cout << i << " :" << endl);
-
-      size_t n0 = new_tau_jets->size();
-
       for (vector<TinyTrack>::const_iterator itrk = good_tracks.begin(); itrk != good_tracks.end(); ++itrk) {
-        DBG_PRINT(cout << "  trk pt,eta,phi,z: " << itrk->pt << " " << itrk->eta << " " << itrk->phi << " "
-                       << itrk->vtx.z() << " \t\t ");
-
         math::XYZTLorentzVector new_jet_dir = Jet::physicsP4(itrk->vtx, *jet, itrk->vtx);
         float dphi = reco::deltaPhi(new_jet_dir.phi(), itrk->phi);
         float deta = new_jet_dir.eta() - itrk->eta;
 
-        DBG_PRINT(cout << " jet pt,deta,dphi,dr: " << jet->pt() << " " << deta << " " << dphi << " "
-                       << sqrt(dphi * dphi + deta * deta) << endl);
-
         if (dphi * dphi + deta * deta > m_deltaR * m_deltaR)
           continue;
 
-        DBG_PRINT(cout << "  jet-trk match!" << endl);
-
         // create a jet copy and assign a new vertex to it
         CaloJet new_jet = *jet;
         new_jet.setVertex(itrk->vtx);
-
         new_tau_jets->push_back(new_jet);
       }
-      DBG_PRINT(cout << "  nmatchedjets " << new_tau_jets->size() - n0 << endl);
-      if (new_tau_jets->size() - n0 > 0)
-        n_uniq++;
-
       ///if (jet_with_vertices.size()) new_tau_jets->push_back(jet_with_vertices);
     }
-  DBG_PRINT(cout << "n_uniq_matched_jets " << n_uniq << endl << "storing njets " << new_tau_jets->size() << endl);
 
   // store the result
   ev.put(std::move(new_tau_jets));
diff --git a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/TauJetSelectorForHLTTrackSeeding.cc b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/TauJetSelectorForHLTTrackSeeding.cc
index 908e1b3b7fccd..15a1cae722d5d 100644
--- a/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/TauJetSelectorForHLTTrackSeeding.cc
+++ b/RecoTauTag/HLTProducers/src/TauJetSelectorForHLTTrackSeeding.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ void TauJetSelectorForHLTTrackSeeding::produce(edm::StreamID iStreamID,
     if (ptTrk > ptTrkMaxInCaloCone_)
       continue;
 
-    int ntrk2 = 0;
     double ptTrk2 = 0.;
 
     for (reco::TrackCollection::const_iterator track = tracks->begin(); track != tracks->end(); track++) {
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ void TauJetSelectorForHLTTrackSeeding::produce(edm::StreamID iStreamID,
       double trackPhi = deltaPhi(track->phi(), phiJet);
       double deltaR2 = trackEta * trackEta + trackPhi * trackPhi;
       if (deltaR2 < isolationConeSize2) {
-        ntrk2++;
         ptTrk2 += track->pt();
       }
     }