diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go
index 841576f..2d5a7d9 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent_integration_test.go
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ func TestNatsANodeThePlacementNamesComposesAndAppliesItsOwn(t *testing.T) {
 		b := newItBed(t)
 		stop, _ := h8(t, b, false)
 		defer stop()
+		// 15 s, above link.historyWithin (10 s): the bus's refusal of a publish reaches only the connection's error
+		// handler (nats.go fails no request on it), so the refused read ends at its own bound, then the node says it.
 		within(t, 15*time.Second, "the bus did not refuse the served key's read, or the node did not say it", func() bool {
 			b.mu.Lock()
 			defer b.mu.Unlock()
@@ -390,7 +392,6 @@ func TestNatsANodeThePlacementNamesComposesAndAppliesItsOwn(t *testing.T) {
 				selfcompose.ResolvedBucket) && strings.Contains(strings.Join(b.refusals, "\n"), ".it2.mailer.domain") &&
 				strings.Contains(strings.Join(b.said, "\n"), "what mailer serves on it2 (domain)")
 		})
-		t.Logf("DEBUG refusals: %v", b.refusals)
 		if b.file("web") != "" {
 			t.Errorf("composed and applied under a grant without the served key: %q", b.file("web"))
 		}
diff --git a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
index 135912c..a39ccf0 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ func (r reader) Build(ctx context.Context, module, fp string) (*delivery.Builder
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	raw, err := r.c.env.Get(ctx, delivery.BuilderBuildsBucket, key)
-	r.c.env.Say(fmt.Sprintf("DEBUG build %s: %d bytes err=%v", key, len(raw), err))
 	if err != nil || raw == nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}