diff --git a/test/helpers.bash b/test/helpers.bash
index f58ebf5a..89381d16 100644
--- a/test/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/helpers.bash
@@ -325,10 +325,7 @@ tar:
     type: tar
     url: test.$file_type
 EOF
-  echo "HERE1"
-  stacker clean
   stacker build
-  echo "HERE2"
   cat oci/index.json | jq .
   m1=$(cat oci/index.json | jq .manifests[0].digest | sed  's/sha256://' | tr -d \")
   cat oci/blobs/sha256/"$m1" | jq .
@@ -338,7 +335,6 @@ EOF
     echo "skopeo --version should be ${SKOPEO_VERSION}"
     exit 1
   }
-  echo "HERE3"
   _skopeo copy --format=oci oci:oci:tar containers-storage:test:tar
   _skopeo copy --format=oci containers-storage:test:tar oci:oci:test
   cat oci/index.json | jq .
@@ -348,9 +344,7 @@ EOF
   echo "$l1"
   echo "$l2"
   [ "$l1" = "$l2" ]
-  echo "HERE10"
   stacker clean
-  echo "HERE11"
   rm -rf folder1
   cd "$ROOT_DIR"
   rm -rf "$tmpdir"