diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/ALSA9Helpers.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/ALSA9Helpers.cpp
index b12a2f27ec..54ab974c7c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/ALSA9Helpers.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/ALSA9Helpers.cpp
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ int Alsa9Buf::GetNumFramesToFill()
 	/* Number of frames that don't have data, that are within the writeahead: */
 	snd_pcm_sframes_t unfilled_frames = clamp( ActualWriteahead - filled_frames, 0l, (snd_pcm_sframes_t)ActualWriteahead );
 
-	LOG->Trace( "total_fr: %i; avail_fr: %i; filled_fr: %i; ActualWr %i; chunksize %i; unfilled_frames %i ",
-			total_frames, avail_frames, filled_frames, ActualWriteahead, chunksize, unfilled_frames );
+//	LOG->Trace( "total_fr: %i; avail_fr: %i; filled_fr: %i; ActualWr %i; chunksize %i; unfilled_frames %i ",
+//			total_frames, avail_frames, filled_frames, ActualWriteahead, chunksize, unfilled_frames );
 
 	/* If we have less than a chunk empty, don't fill at all.  Otherwise, we'll
 	 * spend a lot of CPU filling in partial chunks, instead of waiting for some
@@ -327,8 +327,6 @@ bool Alsa9Buf::WaitUntilFramesCanBeFilled( int timeout_ms )
 		return false;
 	ALSA_ASSERT("snd_pcm_wait");
 
-	dsnd_pcm_hwsync( pcm );
-
 	return err == 1;
 }