diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index de58cd3ad2..2de9d57b00 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ BOOST_LIBS = [
 # included the platform can be whitelisted.
 # if FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux:
 
-if not (USING_CLANG and Linux) and (FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Debian or Archlinux or OSX):
+if not (USING_CLANG and Linux) and (FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux or OSX):
     # non-mt libs do link with pthreads.
     env.Append(
         LIBS = BOOST_LIBS
@@ -133,24 +133,6 @@ else:
         LIBS = [l + '-mt' for l in BOOST_LIBS]
     )
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Change the way that information is printed so that we can get a nice
-# output
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def print_cmd_line(s, target, src, env):
-    Tgt = (''.join([str(x) for x in target]))
-
-    if ('build/rippled' == Tgt):
-        sys.stdout.write("Linking '\033[94m%s\033[0m'...\n" % Tgt)
-    elif ('tags' == Tgt):
-        sys.stdout.write("Generating tags...\n")
-    else:
-        sys.stdout.write("Compiling '\033[94m%s\033[0m'...\n" % \
-             (' and '.join([str(x) for x in src])))
-
-env['PRINT_CMD_LINE_FUNC'] = print_cmd_line
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # VFALCO NOTE Clean area.