diff --git a/agent/consul/state/txn.go b/agent/consul/state/txn.go
index 53d16460ad..74fbfe5cf9 100644
--- a/agent/consul/state/txn.go
+++ b/agent/consul/state/txn.go
@@ -127,13 +127,17 @@ func (s *Store) txnNode(tx *memdb.Txn, idx uint64, op *structs.TxnNodeOp) (struc
 	var entry *structs.Node
 	var err error
 
+	getNode := func() (*structs.Node, error) {
+		if op.Node.ID != "" {
+			return getNodeIDTxn(tx, op.Node.ID)
+		} else {
+			return getNodeTxn(tx, op.Node.Node)
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch op.Verb {
 	case api.NodeGet:
-		if op.Node.ID != "" {
-			entry, err = getNodeIDTxn(tx, op.Node.ID)
-		} else {
-			entry, err = getNodeTxn(tx, op.Node.Node)
-		}
+		entry, err = getNode()
 		if entry == nil && err == nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("node %q doesn't exist", op.Node.Node)
 		}
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ func (s *Store) txnNode(tx *memdb.Txn, idx uint64, op *structs.TxnNodeOp) (struc
 	case api.NodeSet:
 		err = s.ensureNodeTxn(tx, idx, &op.Node)
 		if err == nil {
-			entry, err = getNodeIDTxn(tx, op.Node.ID)
+			entry, err = getNode()
 		}
 
 	case api.NodeCAS:
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ func (s *Store) txnNode(tx *memdb.Txn, idx uint64, op *structs.TxnNodeOp) (struc
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to set node %q, index is stale", op.Node.Node)
 			break
 		}
-		entry, err = getNodeIDTxn(tx, op.Node.ID)
+		entry, err = getNode()
 
 	case api.NodeDelete:
 		err = s.deleteNodeTxn(tx, idx, op.Node.Node)
diff --git a/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go
index b3f2299324..ac27dd348d 100644
--- a/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go
@@ -119,21 +119,6 @@ func (t *Txn) Apply(args *structs.TxnRequest, reply *structs.TxnResponse) error
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	str := ""
-	for _, op := range args.Ops {
-		switch {
-		case op.KV != nil:
-			str += fmt.Sprintf("%#v\n", op.KV)
-		case op.Node != nil:
-			str += fmt.Sprintf("%#v\n", op.Node)
-		case op.Service != nil:
-			str += fmt.Sprintf("%#v\n", op.Service)
-		case op.Check != nil:
-			str += fmt.Sprintf("%#v\n", op.Check)
-		}
-	}
-	//return fmt.Errorf("%s", str)
-
 	// Apply the update.
 	resp, err := t.srv.raftApply(structs.TxnRequestType, args)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/agent/txn_endpoint.go b/agent/txn_endpoint.go
index ff7b043d94..33f361a435 100644
--- a/agent/txn_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/txn_endpoint.go
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) Txn(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface
 
 	// Fast-path a transaction with only writes to the read-only endpoint,
 	// which bypasses Raft, and allows for staleness.
-	s.agent.logger.Printf("ops: %d", len(ops))
 	conflict := false
 	var ret interface{}
 	if writes == 0 {
@@ -308,7 +307,6 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) Txn(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		ret, conflict = reply, len(reply.Errors) > 0
-		s.agent.logger.Printf("results: %d, errors: %d", len(reply.Results), len(reply.Errors))
 	}
 
 	// If there was a conflict return the response object but set a special