diff --git a/src/mobase/wrappers/pyfiletree.cpp b/src/mobase/wrappers/pyfiletree.cpp
index 8a08039..d102381 100644
--- a/src/mobase/wrappers/pyfiletree.cpp
+++ b/src/mobase/wrappers/pyfiletree.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ namespace mo2::python {
                 if (result == nullptr) {
                     throw std::logic_error("addDirectory failed");
                 }
-                MOBase::log::warn("{}", result->fileType());
                 return result;
             },
             py::arg("path"));
diff --git a/src/runner/pythonrunner.cpp b/src/runner/pythonrunner.cpp
index 911e770..3d7a2ff 100644
--- a/src/runner/pythonrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/runner/pythonrunner.cpp
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ private:
     // list of python objects - this does not keep the objects alive, it simply used to
     // unload plugins
     std::unordered_map<QString, std::vector<py::handle>> m_PythonObjects;
-
-    // handle to extract_plugins() from mobase.private
-    std::function<QList<QObject*>(py::object)> m_extract_plugins;
 };
 
 IPythonRunner* CreatePythonRunner()
@@ -109,10 +106,6 @@ bool PythonRunner::initialize(QStringList const& paths)
         mo2::python::configure_python_stream();
         mo2::python::configure_python_logging(mainNamespace["mobase"]);
 
-        m_extract_plugins = py::module_::import("mobase.private")
-                                .attr("extract_plugins")
-                                .cast<decltype(m_extract_plugins)>();
-
         // we need to release the GIL here - which is what this does
         //
         // when Python is initialized, the GIl is acquired, and if it is not release,