diff --git a/include/osg/Referenced b/include/osg/Referenced
index ac23f1103..761b6b55d 100644
--- a/include/osg/Referenced
+++ b/include/osg/Referenced
@@ -23,15 +23,9 @@ class SG_EXPORT Referenced
         {
            
            _refCount=0;
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-            _createdCount ++;
-#endif
         }
         Referenced(const Referenced&) {
             _refCount=0;
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-            _createdCount ++;
-#endif
         }
 
         inline Referenced& operator = (Referenced&) { return *this; }
@@ -67,26 +61,11 @@ class SG_EXPORT Referenced
         /** return the number pointers currently referencing this object. */
         inline int referenceCount() const { return _refCount; }
 
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-        /** return the total number of created referenced objects */
-        inline static int createdCount() { return _createdCount; }
-
-        /** return the total number of deleted referenced objects */
-        inline static int deletedCount() { return _deletedCount; }
-#endif
-
-
-        
+       
     protected:
         virtual ~Referenced();
         mutable int _refCount;
         
-        
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-        static int  _createdCount;  // incremented in the constructor
-        static int  _deletedCount;  // incremented in the destructor
-#endif
-
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/osg/Referenced.cpp b/src/osg/Referenced.cpp
index a868a7f4c..c0084a71b 100644
--- a/src/osg/Referenced.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Referenced.cpp
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ DeleteHandler* Referenced::getDeleteHandler()
     return s_deleteHandler.get();
 }
 
-
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-int Referenced::_createdCount = 0;
-int Referenced::_deletedCount = 0;
-#endif
-
 Referenced::~Referenced()
 {
     if (_refCount>0)
@@ -30,9 +24,6 @@ Referenced::~Referenced()
         notify(WARN)<<"Warning: deleting still referenced object "<<this<<" of type '"<<typeid(this).name()<<"'"<<std::endl;
         notify(WARN)<<"         the final reference count was "<<_refCount<<", memory corruption possible."<<std::endl;
     }
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-    _deletedCount ++;
-#endif
 }
 
 }; // end of namespace osg
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
index 34c7734e0..73c3d9f67 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
@@ -142,19 +142,6 @@ void SceneView::update()
     if (!_initCalled) init();
 
 
-#ifdef OSG_USE_MEMORY_MANAGER
-    m_validateAllAllocUnits();
-#endif
-    //std::cout<<std::endl;
-    //std::cout<<std::endl;
-    //std::cout<<"*************************** New frame ************"<<std::endl;
-
-
-#ifdef OSG_COMPILE_UNIT_TESTS
-    std::cout<<"Number of objects created ="<<osg::Referenced::createdCount()<<"  deleted = "<<osg::Referenced::deletedCount()<<std::endl;
-    std::cout<<" Number of active objects ="<<osg::Referenced::createdCount()-osg::Referenced::deletedCount()<<std::endl;
-#endif
-
     if (_sceneData.valid() && _updateVisitor.valid())
     { 
         _updateVisitor->reset();