diff --git a/app/commands.py b/app/commands.py
index 39d399a2e..d0f7df409 100644
--- a/app/commands.py
+++ b/app/commands.py
@@ -835,13 +835,9 @@ def create_new_service(name, message_limit, restricted, email_from, created_by_i
 @notify_command(name="promote-user-to-platform-admin")
 @click.option("-u", "--user-email-address", required=True, prompt=True)
 def promote_user_to_platform_admin(user_email_address):
-    print("enter")
+    # If the email address is wrong, sqlalchemy will automatically raise a NoResultFound error which is what we want.
+    # See tests.
     user = get_user_by_email(user_email_address)
-    print(f"user is {user}")
-    # if not user:
-    #    raise ValueError(f"could not find user for {user_email_address}")
-    print("ok to proceed")
     user.platform_admin = True
     db.session.add(user)
     db.session.commit()
-    print("finished")
diff --git a/tests/app/test_commands.py b/tests/app/test_commands.py
index bc9010b6a..c13ac3dd3 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_commands.py
@@ -405,14 +405,13 @@ def test_promote_user_to_platform_admin(
     assert sample_user.platform_admin is False
     assert sample_platform_admin.platform_admin is True
 
-    result = notify_api.test_cli_runner().invoke(
+    notify_api.test_cli_runner().invoke(
         promote_user_to_platform_admin,
         [
             "-u",
             "notify@digital.fake.gov",
         ],
     )
-    print(result)
 
     user = get_user_by_email("notify@digital.fake.gov")
     assert user.platform_admin is True