diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/CompilerMain.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/CompilerMain.kt
index fba0caaf2..213f33882 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/CompilerMain.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/CompilerMain.kt
@@ -38,13 +38,10 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
 private fun compileMain(args: Array<String>) {
     var startEmu = false
-    var asmTrace = false
     var moduleFile = ""
     for (arg in args) {
         if(arg=="--emu")
             startEmu = true
-        else if(arg=="--asmtrace")
-            asmTrace = true
         else if(!arg.startsWith("--"))
             moduleFile = arg
     }
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ private fun compileMain(args: Array<String>) {
             stackvmFile.close()
             println("StackVM program code written to '$stackVmFilename'")
 
-            val assembly = AsmGen(compilerOptions, intermediate, heap, asmTrace).compileToAssembly()
+            val assembly = AsmGen(compilerOptions, intermediate, heap).compileToAssembly()
             assembly.assemble(compilerOptions)
             programname = assembly.name
         }
@@ -188,7 +185,6 @@ fun determineCompilationOptions(moduleAst: Module): CompilationOptions {
 private fun usage() {
     System.err.println("Missing argument(s):")
     System.err.println("    [--emu]       auto-start the C64 emulator after successful compilation")
-    System.err.println("    [--asmtrace]  print trace output of the AsmGen for debugging purposes")
     System.err.println("    [--vm]        launch the prog8 virtual machine instead of the compiler")
     System.err.println("    modulefile    main module file to compile")
     exitProcess(1)
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmGen.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmGen.kt
index 6073ef2b4..3b845969f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmGen.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmGen.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import kotlin.math.abs
 class AssemblyError(msg: String) : RuntimeException(msg)
 
 
-class AsmGen(val options: CompilationOptions, val program: IntermediateProgram, val heap: HeapValues, val trace: Boolean) {
+class AsmGen(val options: CompilationOptions, val program: IntermediateProgram, val heap: HeapValues) {
     private val globalFloatConsts = mutableMapOf<Double, String>()
     private val assemblyLines = mutableListOf<String>()
     private lateinit var block: IntermediateProgram.ProgramBlock
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ class AsmGen(val options: CompilationOptions, val program: IntermediateProgram,
         val instructionPatternWindowSize = 8        // increase once patterns occur longer than this.
         var processed = 0
 
-        if(trace) println("BLOCK: ${block.scopedname}  ${block.address ?: ""}")
         for (ins in block.instructions.windowed(instructionPatternWindowSize, partialWindows = true)) {
-            if(trace) println("\t${ins[0].toString().trim()}")
             if (processed == 0) {
                 processed = instr2asm(ins)
                 if (processed == 0) {
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ class AsmGen(val options: CompilationOptions, val program: IntermediateProgram,
             }
             processed--
         }
-        if (trace) println("END BLOCK: ${block.scopedname}")
         if(!blk.force_output)
             out("\n\t.pend\n")
     }