diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 91a1a6ef..6f3ba7cc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.588
+8.3.589
diff --git a/ext2spice/ext2hier.c b/ext2spice/ext2hier.c
index 07d387ed..2f6ed027 100644
--- a/ext2spice/ext2hier.c
+++ b/ext2spice/ext2hier.c
@@ -242,20 +242,9 @@ spcHierWriteParams(
 
     /* Write all requested parameters to the subcircuit call.	*/
 
-    bool checkme = FALSE;
-
-    if ((!strcmp(EFDevTypes[dev->dev_type], "pfet_06v0_dss")) ||
-	(!strcmp(EFDevTypes[dev->dev_type], "nfet_06v0_dss")))
-    {
-	checkme = TRUE;
-	TxPrintf("Diagnostic:  Parameter list for %s\n", EFDevTypes[dev->dev_type]);
-    }
-
     plist = efGetDeviceParams(EFDevTypes[dev->dev_type]);
     while (plist != NULL)
     {
-	if (checkme) TxPrintf("Plist entry %s %s\n", plist->parm_name, plist->parm_type);
-
 	switch (plist->parm_type[0])
 	{
 	    case 'a':
@@ -356,7 +345,6 @@ spcHierWriteParams(
 		// Check for device length vs. terminal length
 		if (plist->parm_type[1] == '\0' || plist->parm_type[1] == '0')
 		{
-		    if (checkme) TxPrintf("Handling entry l or l0\n");
 		    fprintf(esSpiceF, " %s=", plist->parm_name);
 		    if (esScale < 0)
 			fprintf(esSpiceF, "%g", l * scale);
@@ -371,10 +359,8 @@ spcHierWriteParams(
 		{
 		    /* l1, l2, etc. used to indicate the length of the terminal */
 		    /* Find value in dev_params */
-		    if (checkme) TxPrintf("Handling entry l1 or l2\n");
 		    for (dparam = dev->dev_params; dparam; dparam = dparam->parm_next)
 		    {
-		        if (checkme) TxPrintf("Checking dev_params entry %s\n", dparam->parm_name);
 			if ((strlen(dparam->parm_name) > 2) &&
 			    	(dparam->parm_name[0] == 'l') &&
 			    	(dparam->parm_name[1] == plist->parm_type[1]) &&
@@ -383,8 +369,6 @@ spcHierWriteParams(
 			    int dval;
 			    if (sscanf(&dparam->parm_name[3], "%d", &dval) == 1)
 			    {
-		 		if (checkme) TxPrintf("Handling dev_params entry %s (to be "
-						"culled at end)\n", dparam->parm_name);
 		    		fprintf(esSpiceF, " %s=", plist->parm_name);
 				if (esScale < 0)
 				    fprintf(esSpiceF, "%g", dval * scale);