diff --git a/IPython/external/qt_for_kernel.py b/IPython/external/qt_for_kernel.py
index f88b16b..986cae3 100644
--- a/IPython/external/qt_for_kernel.py
+++ b/IPython/external/qt_for_kernel.py
@@ -95,16 +95,13 @@ def matplotlib_options(mpl):
                           mpqt)
 
 def get_options():
-    print(f'`get_options` called with {os.environ.get("QT_API", None)=}')
     """Return a list of acceptable QT APIs, in decreasing order of preference."""
     #already imported Qt somewhere. Use that
     loaded = loaded_api()
     if loaded is not None:
-        print(f"`QtCore` already imported: {loaded=}")
         return [loaded]
 
     mpl = sys.modules.get("matplotlib", None)
-    print(f"{mpl=}")  # will be None of matplotlib has not yet been imported
 
     if mpl is not None and tuple(mpl.__version__.split(".")) < ("1", "0", "2"):
         # 1.0.1 only supports PyQt4 v1
@@ -126,12 +123,9 @@ def get_options():
         raise RuntimeError("Invalid Qt API %r, valid values are: %r" %
                            (qt_api, ', '.join(_qt_apis)))
     else:
-        print(f"{qt_api=}")
         return [qt_api]
 
 
 api_opts = get_options()
-print(f"Importing `IPython.terminal.pt_inputhooks.qt` with {api_opts=}")
 QtCore, QtGui, QtSvg, QT_API = load_qt(api_opts)
-print(f"Loaded Qt with {QT_API=}")
 enum_helper = enum_factory(QT_API, QtCore)
diff --git a/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py
index 9bc4114..2179010 100644
--- a/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py
@@ -711,14 +711,12 @@ class TerminalInteractiveShell(InteractiveShell):
 
     active_eventloop = None
     def enable_gui(self, gui=None):
-        print(f"Someone called `enable_gui` with {gui=}.")
         if self._inputhook is not None and gui is not None:
             raise RuntimeError("Shell already running a gui event loop.")
         if gui and (gui not in {"inline", "webagg"}):
             # This hook runs with each cycle of the `prompt_toolkit`'s event loop.
             self.active_eventloop, self._inputhook = get_inputhook_name_and_func(gui)
         else:
-            print(f"Disconnecting event loop {self._inputhook=}")
             self.active_eventloop = self._inputhook = None
 
         # For prompt_toolkit 3.0. We have to create an asyncio event loop with
diff --git a/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/__init__.py b/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/__init__.py
index 7a04189..ff13ee4 100644
--- a/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/__init__.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ def set_qt_api(gui):
 
 
 def get_inputhook_name_and_func(gui):
-    print(f"`get_inputhook_name_and_func` called with {gui=}")
     if gui in registered:
         return gui, registered[gui]
 
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ def get_inputhook_name_and_func(gui):
         raise UnknownBackend(gui)
 
     if gui in aliases:
-        print("gui has an alias")
         return get_inputhook_name_and_func(aliases[gui])
 
     gui_mod = gui
diff --git a/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/qt.py b/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/qt.py
index d8b4536..cf6d11e 100644
--- a/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/qt.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/pt_inputhooks/qt.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ def _reclaim_excepthook():
         sys.excepthook = shell.excepthook
 
 
-announced = 0
-
-
 def inputhook(context):
     global _appref
     app = QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance()
@@ -59,14 +56,7 @@ def inputhook(context):
         QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(0, _reclaim_excepthook)
 
     event_loop = QtCore.QEventLoop(app)
-    global announced
-    if announced == 0:
-        print(f"`inputhook` running Qt {QtCore.qVersion()} event loop.")
-        announced += 1
-    elif announced == 10:
-        announced = 0
-    else:
-        announced += 1
+
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         # The QSocketNotifier method doesn't appear to work on Windows.
         # Use polling instead.