diff --git a/kernel/x86_64/ddot.c b/kernel/x86_64/ddot.c
index 7394e352e..8162a5d83 100644
--- a/kernel/x86_64/ddot.c
+++ b/kernel/x86_64/ddot.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void ddot_kernel_8(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, FLOAT *y, FLOAT *d)
 
 #endif
 
-FLOAT dot_compute(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLASLONG inc_y)
+static FLOAT dot_compute(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLASLONG inc_y)
 {
 	BLASLONG i=0;
 	BLASLONG ix=0,iy=0;
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ FLOAT CNAME(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLASLONG inc_y)
 #else
 		mode = BLAS_DOUBLE  | BLAS_REAL;
 #endif
-fprintf(stderr,"threaded ddot with %d threads\n",nthreads);
 		blas_level1_thread_with_return_value(mode, n, 0, 0, &dummy_alpha,
 				   x, inc_x, y, inc_y, result, 0,
 				   ( void *)dot_thread_function, nthreads);