diff --git a/common/libc/printf/tprintf.c b/common/libc/printf/tprintf.c
index f754453..06290bd 100644
--- a/common/libc/printf/tprintf.c
+++ b/common/libc/printf/tprintf.c
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ tprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 	int chars;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (strcmp(SECRET, "") != 0) {
-		return 0;
-	}
+#ifdef SECRET_TESTING
+	return 0;
+#endif
 	
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	chars = vprintf(fmt, ap);
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ nprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 	int chars;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (strcmp(SECRET, "") == 0) {
-		return 0;
-	}
+#ifndef SECRET_TESTING
+	return 0;
+#endif
 	
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	chars = vprintf(fmt, ap);
@@ -44,20 +44,3 @@ nprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return chars;
 }
-
-/* printf variant that prepends the kernel secret */
-int
-printsf(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	int chars;
-	va_list ap;
-
-	if (strcmp(SECRET, "") != 0) {
-		printf("%s: ", SECRET);
-	}
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	chars = vprintf(fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return chars;
-}
diff --git a/common/libtest161/test161.c b/common/libtest161/test161.c
index a3152df..1404229 100644
--- a/common/libtest161/test161.c
+++ b/common/libtest161/test161.c
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 
 // Hack for allocating userspace memory without malloc.
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 4096
+
+#ifndef _KERNEL
 static char temp_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
 static char write_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+#endif
 
 static inline void * _alloc(size_t size)
 {
 #ifdef _KERNEL
-	(void)temp_buffer;
 	return kmalloc(size);
 #else
 	(void)size;
diff --git a/userland/include/stdio.h b/userland/include/stdio.h
index 772277f..e8518ea 100644
--- a/userland/include/stdio.h
+++ b/userland/include/stdio.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t len, const char *fmt, __va_list ap);
 
 int tprintf(const char *fmt, ...);
 int nprintf(const char *fmt, ...);
-int printsf(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /* Print the argument string and then a newline. Returns 0 or -1 on error. */
 int puts(const char *);
diff --git a/userland/lib/hostcompat/hostcompat.h b/userland/lib/hostcompat/hostcompat.h
index 1f25af9..8e37e7b 100644
--- a/userland/lib/hostcompat/hostcompat.h
+++ b/userland/lib/hostcompat/hostcompat.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ time_t __time(time_t *secs, unsigned long *nsecs);
 
 int tprintf(const char *fmt, ...);
 int nprintf(const char *fmt, ...);
-int printsf(const char *fmt, ...);
-
 
 #ifdef DECLARE_NTOHLL
 uint64_t ntohll(uint64_t);