diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 008ecc438b..2386246caf 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -623,9 +623,6 @@ func WriteReceipts(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number uint64, rec
 
 // WriteRawReceipts stores all the transaction receipts belonging to a block.
 func WriteRawReceipts(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number uint64, receipts rlp.RawValue) {
-	if len(receipts) == 0 {
-		panic("empty receipts in snap sync block")
-	}
 	// Store the flattened receipt slice
 	if err := db.Put(blockReceiptsKey(number, hash), receipts); err != nil {
 		log.Crit("Failed to store block receipts", "err", err)
diff --git a/eth/downloader/downloader.go b/eth/downloader/downloader.go
index 3c764c4674..2183cc0a4a 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -1043,7 +1043,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) commitSnapSyncData(results []*fetchResult, stateSync *state
 			receipts[i] = rlp.EmptyList
 		}
 	}
-	fmt.Printf(">>>> Committing %d snap-sync blocks, first %d, last %d\n", len(results), first.Number.Uint64(), last.Number.Uint64())
 	if index, err := d.blockchain.InsertReceiptChain(blocks, receipts, d.ancientLimit); err != nil {
 		log.Debug("Downloaded item processing failed", "number", results[index].Header.Number, "hash", results[index].Header.Hash(), "err", err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", errInvalidChain, err)