diff --git a/src/db/db/dbRegionLocalOperations.cc b/src/db/db/dbRegionLocalOperations.cc
index 9f42af6c6..33fe39dd6 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbRegionLocalOperations.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbRegionLocalOperations.cc
@@ -939,9 +939,6 @@ void contained_local_operation<TS, TI, TR>::do_compute_local (db::Layout * /*lay
     tl_assert (results.size () == 2);
   }
 
-  db::EdgeProcessor ep;
-  ep.set_base_verbosity (50);
-
   std::set<TI> others;
   for (typename shape_interactions<TS, TI>::iterator i = interactions.begin (); i != interactions.end (); ++i) {
     for (typename shape_interactions<TS, TI>::iterator2 j = i->second.begin (); j != i->second.end (); ++j) {
diff --git a/testdata/algo/deep_region_au31.gds b/testdata/algo/deep_region_au31.gds
index f079981bf..4ff450d2f 100644
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