diff --git a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build.hs b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build.hs
index 47c6d4ead97..2aee12791c0 100644
--- a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build.hs
+++ b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build.hs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ build numJobs pkg_descr = do
           <> [DynWay | wantDynamic]
           <> [ProfWay | wantProf]
           -- If no way is explicitly wanted, we take vanilla
+          -- ROMES:TODO: Drop vanilla altogether, use static as default.
           <> [VanillaWay | wantVanilla || not (wantStatic || wantDynamic || wantProf)]
   -- ROMES:TODO: Is vanilla necessarily the same as defaultGhcWay? If so,
   -- we can deal away with VanillaWay and be explicit in -dynamic vs
diff --git a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build/Link.hs b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build/Link.hs
index 65ba4ec9aa6..09c74cfef61 100644
--- a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build/Link.hs
+++ b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC/Build/Link.hs
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ linkOrLoadComponent ghcProg pkg_descr extraSources (buildTargetDir, targetDir) (
               { ghcOptMode = toFlag GhcModeInteractive
               , ghcOptOptimisation = toFlag GhcNoOptimisation
               }
-      print ("BUILDING REPLT BASE OPTS", vanillaOpts)
 
       -- TODO: problem here is we need the .c files built first, so we can load them
       -- with ghci, but .c files can depend on .h files generated by ghc by ffi