diff --git a/src/middleware/uploads.js b/src/middleware/uploads.js
index 32c012619d..941b9c27bc 100644
--- a/src/middleware/uploads.js
+++ b/src/middleware/uploads.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const meta = require('../meta');
 const helpers = require('./helpers');
 const user = require('../user');
 
-console.log('----cooldown', meta.config.uploadRateLimitCooldown * 1000, new Error('a').stack);
 const cache = new LRU({
 	maxAge: meta.config.uploadRateLimitCooldown * 1000,
 });
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ exports.ratelimit = helpers.try(async (req, res, next) => {
 	}
 
 	const count = (cache.peek(`${req.ip}:uploaded_file_count`) || 0) + req.files.files.length;
-	console.log('req.ip', req.ip, count, req.files.files.length, meta.config.uploadRateLimitThreshold);
 	if (count > meta.config.uploadRateLimitThreshold) {
 		return next(new Error(['[[error:upload-ratelimit-reached]]']));
 	}
diff --git a/test/mocks/databasemock.js b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
index 0b66306b2f..392fad7e55 100644
--- a/test/mocks/databasemock.js
+++ b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ async function setupMockDefaults() {
 	meta.config.initialPostDelay = 0;
 	meta.config.newbiePostDelay = 0;
 	meta.config.autoDetectLang = 0;
-	// meta.config.uploadRateLimitCooldown = 1;
 
 	await enableDefaultPlugins();
 
diff --git a/test/uploads.js b/test/uploads.js
index 0b57c0f139..27facd2e67 100644
--- a/test/uploads.js
+++ b/test/uploads.js
@@ -81,12 +81,9 @@ describe('Upload Controllers', () => {
 			meta.config.allowedFileExtensions = 'png,jpg,bmp,html';
 			require('../src/middleware/uploads').clearCache();
 			// why / 2? see: helpers.uploadFile for a weird quirk where we actually upload 2 files per upload in our tests.
-			console.log('times', (meta.config.uploadRateLimitThreshold / 2) + 1);
 			const times = (meta.config.uploadRateLimitThreshold / 2) + 1;
 			async.timesSeries(times, (i, next) => {
 				helpers.uploadFile(`${nconf.get('url')}/api/post/upload`, path.join(__dirname, '../test/files/503.html'), {}, jar, csrf_token, (err, res, body) => {
-					console.log('limit upload', i, res.statusCode, meta.config.uploadRateLimitThreshold, i + 1 > meta.config.uploadRateLimitThreshold / 2, Date.now());
-
 					if (i + 1 >= times) {
 						assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 500);
 						assert.strictEqual(body.error, '[[error:upload-ratelimit-reached]]');