diff --git a/tuplex/adapters/cpython/src/PythonHelpers.cc b/tuplex/adapters/cpython/src/PythonHelpers.cc
index 46b3cd0d1..7f37dd615 100644
--- a/tuplex/adapters/cpython/src/PythonHelpers.cc
+++ b/tuplex/adapters/cpython/src/PythonHelpers.cc
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ namespace python {
         // PyRun_SimpleString("gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)");
         // PyRun_SimpleString("gc.disable()");
 
-        PyRun_SimpleString("import pickle");
-        PyRun_SimpleString("import cloudpickle; print(cloudpickle.__version__)");
-
         // import cloudpickle for serialized functions
         PyObject *cloudpickleModule = PyImport_ImportModule("cloudpickle");
 
diff --git a/tuplex/python/tuplex/context.py b/tuplex/python/tuplex/context.py
index 4267a2b1a..70ff3d8e6 100644
--- a/tuplex/python/tuplex/context.py
+++ b/tuplex/python/tuplex/context.py
@@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ def __init__(self, conf=None, name="", **kwargs):
         if options['tuplex.webui.enable']:
             ensure_webui(options)
 
-        # last arg are the options as json string serialized b.c. of boost python problems
-        logging.debug('Creating C++ context object')
-
         # because webui=False/True is convenient, pass it as well to tuplex options
         if 'tuplex.webui' in options.keys():
             options['tuplex.webui.enable'] = options['tuplex.webui']
@@ -201,8 +198,8 @@ def __init__(self, conf=None, name="", **kwargs):
             options['tuplex.webui.enable'] = options['webui']
             del options['webui']
 
+        # last arg are the options as json string serialized b.c. of boost python problems
         self._context = _Context(name, runtime_path, json.dumps(options))
-        logging.debug('C++ object created.')
         python_metrics = self._context.getMetrics()
         assert python_metrics, 'internal error: metrics object should be valid'
         self.metrics = Metrics(python_metrics)