diff --git a/src/radical/utils/__init__.py b/src/radical/utils/__init__.py
index 53e20e07..dac47a05 100644
--- a/src/radical/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/radical/utils/__init__.py
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@
 version      = version_short
 __version__  = version_detail
 
-print('version:', version)
-print('version:', version_detail)
-print('version:', version_base)
-print('version:', version_branch)
-
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_heartbeat.py b/tests/unittests/test_heartbeat.py
index 82c581d6..3c6827a9 100755
--- a/tests/unittests/test_heartbeat.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_heartbeat.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_hb_uid():
     # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def proc():
 
-        hb = ru.Heartbeat('test', timeout=0.1, interval=0.01)
+        hb = ru.Heartbeat('test', timeout=0.2, interval=0.01)
         t0 = time.time()
 
         hb.start()