diff --git a/ush/get_obs.py b/ush/get_obs.py
index 68b594504..81de88919 100644
--- a/ush/get_obs.py
+++ b/ush/get_obs.py
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
     load_yaml_config,
 )
 from mrms_pull_topofhour import mrms_pull_topofhour
-#try:
-#    sys.path.append(os.environ['METPLUS_ROOT'])
-#except:
-#    print("\nERROR ERROR ERROR\n")
-#    print("Environment variable METPLUS_ROOT must be set to use this script\n")
-#    raise
-#from metplus.util import string_template_substitution as sts
-#from string_template_substitution import string_template_substitution as sts
-import string_template_substitution as sts
+try:
+    sys.path.append(os.environ['METPLUS_ROOT'])
+except:
+    print("\nERROR ERROR ERROR\n")
+    print("Environment variable METPLUS_ROOT must be set to use this script\n")
+    raise
+from metplus.util import string_template_substitution as sts
+from string_template_substitution import string_template_substitution as sts
+#import string_template_substitution as sts
 
 
 def get_obs_arcv_hr(obtype, arcv_intvl_hrs, hod):
@@ -490,19 +490,8 @@ def get_obs(config, obtype, yyyymmdd_task):
             leadtime = yyyymmddhh - yyyymmdd_task
             # Call METplus subroutine to evaluate the template for the full path to
             # the file containing METplus timestrings at the current time.
-            print(f"")
-            print(f"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA")
-            print(f"{fp_proc_tmpl = }")
-            print(f"{yyyymmdd_task = }")
-            print(f"{yyyymmddhh = }")
-            print(f"{leadtime = }")
-            print(f"{type(leadtime) = }")
-            print(f"{leadtime.total_seconds() = }")
             fn = sts.do_string_sub(tmpl=fp_proc_tmpl,init=yyyymmdd_task,valid=yyyymmddhh,
                                    lead=int(leadtime.total_seconds()))
-#                                   lead=leadtime.total_seconds())
-#                                   lead=leadtime)
-            print(f"{fn = }")
             all_fp_proc_dict[fg].append(fn)
 
     # Check whether any obs files already exist on disk in their processed
diff --git a/ush/set_leadhrs.py b/ush/set_leadhrs.py
index 7fef0f79f..90aa0ca1f 100644
--- a/ush/set_leadhrs.py
+++ b/ush/set_leadhrs.py
@@ -29,13 +29,8 @@ def set_leadhrs(date_init, lhr_min, lhr_max, lhr_intvl, base_dir, time_lag, fn_t
         A list of forecast hours where files were found
     """
 
-#    print(f"")
-#    print(f"KKKKKKKKKKKKKK")
-#    print(f"{verbose = }")
-
     # Step 1: Generate lead hours without filtering for missing files
     lhrs_list = list(range(lhr_min, lhr_max + 1, lhr_intvl))
-#    print(f"{lhrs_list = }")
     if verbose:
         print(f"Initial set of lead hours (relative to {date_init}): {lhrs_list}")
 
@@ -91,12 +86,6 @@ def set_leadhrs(date_init, lhr_min, lhr_max, lhr_intvl, base_dir, time_lag, fn_t
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-#    print(f"")
-#    print(f"UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU")
-#    print(f"args = ")
-#    pprint(args)
-#    print(f"VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV")
-
     #Consistency checks
     if not args.skip_check_files and not args.date_init:
         raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('--date_init must be specified unless --skip_check_files is specified')