diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index d832c14..fa09f5b 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import configparser
 import json
+import logging
 import unittest
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 from pg_conn_wrapper import PgConnWrapper
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+logger.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+del logger
+
+
 tests_config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 tests_config.read('config.tests.ini')
 
diff --git a/tests/test_caa.py b/tests/test_caa.py
index be82f0b..1437d44 100644
--- a/tests/test_caa.py
+++ b/tests/test_caa.py
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ def test_deleting_release(self):
 
         # Make the copy fail. This should halt processing of all dependant
         # events (delete_image, index).
-        print('note, the following test is expected to log an HTTP 400 error')
         self.session.last_requests = []
         self.session.next_responses = [
             MockResponse(status=400),
diff --git a/tests/test_eaa.py b/tests/test_eaa.py
index c8f98b2..2405e10 100644
--- a/tests/test_eaa.py
+++ b/tests/test_eaa.py
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ def test_deleting_event(self):
 
         # Make the copy fail. This should halt processing of all dependant
         # events (delete_image, index).
-        print('note, the following test is expected to log an HTTP 400 error')
         self.session.last_requests = []
         self.session.next_responses = [
             MockResponse(status=400),