diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.cpp
index 338afe4e42..e91d1bea9d 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ void PairMLIAPKokkos<DeviceType>::coeff(int narg, char **arg) {
       if (strcmp(elemname,descriptor->elements[jelem]) == 0)
         break;
 
-    //printf(">>> nelements: %d\n", descriptor->nelements);
     if (jelem < descriptor->nelements)
       map[i] = jelem;
     else if (strcmp(elemname,"NULL") == 0) map[i] = -1;
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.h
index 3f56a89692..b0d160133e 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_mliap_kokkos.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PairStyle(mliap/kk/host,PairMLIAPKokkos<LMPHostType>);
 #include "kokkos_type.h"
 #include "kokkos_base.h"
 #include "comm.h"
+
 #include <variant>
 
 namespace LAMMPS_NS {