diff --git a/include/ACGL/Utils/Log.hh b/include/ACGL/Utils/Log.hh
index 1e8f9d5117f2b68dde88ceddbeee9a14b15a12fc..f48466436b814a31babaa27619e18e3eaa4f9244 100644
--- a/include/ACGL/Utils/Log.hh
+++ b/include/ACGL/Utils/Log.hh
@@ -178,14 +178,6 @@ inline CoutLikeStream<3>& error()   { return (*CoutLikeStream<3>::the()); }
 template < unsigned int N >
 inline CoutLikeStream<N>& log() { return (*CoutLikeStream<N>::the()); }
 
-// alternative syntax
-#define ACGL_DEBUG(STREAM)   ACGL::Utils::debug() << STREAM;
-#define ACGL_MESSAGE(STREAM) ACGL::Utils::message() << STREAM;
-#define ACGL_WARNING(STREAM) ACGL::Utils::warning() << STREAM;
-#define ACGL_ERROR(STREAM)   ACGL::Utils::error() << STREAM;
-
-#define ACGL_LOG(N,STREAM) ACGL::Utils::log<N>() << STREAM;
-
 } // Utils
 } // ACGL
 
diff --git a/src/ACGL/OpenGL/Data/GeometryDataLoadStoreOBJ.cc b/src/ACGL/OpenGL/Data/GeometryDataLoadStoreOBJ.cc
index edb28ff9decf6f4b65186a41a79847979fd834e1..fb530b4114e076a60b41e026017635d829725015 100644
--- a/src/ACGL/OpenGL/Data/GeometryDataLoadStoreOBJ.cc
+++ b/src/ACGL/OpenGL/Data/GeometryDataLoadStoreOBJ.cc
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ SharedGeometryData loadGeometryDataFromOBJ(const std::string& _filename, bool _c
             debug() << "model has no normals, computing face normals" << std::endl;
             hasNormals = true;
         }
-    }
-    if (hasNormals) {
+    } else if (hasNormals) {
         // if the model has normals defined, no face normals have to get computed
         _computeNormals = false;
     }