diff --git a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeDisplay/stateModelFactory.ts b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeDisplay/stateModelFactory.ts
index 80135677bc..6c28b3b0b9 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeDisplay/stateModelFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeDisplay/stateModelFactory.ts
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@ function renderBlockData(self: LinearComparativeDisplay) {
   const parent = getContainingView(self) as LinearComparativeViewModel
   const sessionId = getRpcSessionId(self)
   getSnapshot(parent)
-  // @ts-expect-error
-  console.log(getParent(self, 4).level)
-
   return parent.initialized
     ? {
         rpcManager,
@@ -203,7 +200,6 @@ async function renderBlockEffect(props: ReturnType<typeof renderBlockData>) {
     sessionId: 'getFeats',
     adapterConfig,
   })) as Feature[]
-  console.log({ features, level })
 
   return {
     features: dedupe(features, f => f.id()),
diff --git a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeView/components/Header.tsx b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeView/components/Header.tsx
index 7b0b1c50e1..0bb095cc82 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeView/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearComparativeView/components/Header.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import MoreVertIcon from '@mui/icons-material/MoreVert'
 import { LinearComparativeViewModel } from '../model'
 import { TrackSelector as TrackSelectorIcon } from '@jbrowse/core/ui/Icons'
 
-type LCV = LinearComparativeViewModel
-
 const useStyles = makeStyles()(() => ({
   headerBar: {
     gridArea: '1/1/auto/span 2',
diff --git a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/afterAttach.ts b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/afterAttach.ts
index 77336d613d..02deabd0d8 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/afterAttach.ts
+++ b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/afterAttach.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export function doAfterAttach(self: LinearSyntenyDisplayModel) {
         }
         const { assemblyManager } = getSession(self)
         const view = getContainingView(self) as LSV
+        // @ts-expect-error
         const level = getParent(self, 4).level
         const viewSnaps = view.views.map(view => ({
           ...getSnapshot(view),
diff --git a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/components/LinearSyntenyRendering.tsx b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/components/LinearSyntenyRendering.tsx
index 3186ecb614..7fe6006f84 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/components/LinearSyntenyRendering.tsx
+++ b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/components/LinearSyntenyRendering.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { getId, MAX_COLOR_RANGE } from '../drawSynteny'
 import { LinearSyntenyViewModel } from '../../LinearSyntenyView/model'
 import SyntenyContextMenu from './SyntenyContextMenu'
 import { ClickCoord, getTooltip, onSynClick, onSynContextClick } from './util'
-import { getParent } from 'mobx-state-tree'
 
 type Timer = ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
 
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ const LinearSyntenyRendering = observer(function ({
   const currScrollFrame = useRef<number>()
   const view = getContainingView(model) as LinearSyntenyViewModel
   const width = view.width
-  console.log('wow', getParent(model, 4).level)
   const delta = useRef(0)
   const timeout = useRef<Timer>()
   const [anchorEl, setAnchorEl] = useState<ClickCoord>()
@@ -89,8 +87,8 @@ const LinearSyntenyRendering = observer(function ({
           }, 300)
         } else {
           if (Math.abs(event.deltaY) < Math.abs(event.deltaX)) {
-                    event.preventDefault()
-xOffset.current += event.deltaX / 2
+            event.preventDefault()
+            xOffset.current += event.deltaX / 2
           }
           if (currScrollFrame.current === undefined) {
             currScrollFrame.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
diff --git a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/drawSynteny.ts b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/drawSynteny.ts
index ba90e60a6a..cccf5bed19 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/drawSynteny.ts
+++ b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/drawSynteny.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ export function drawRef(
 
   ctx1.beginPath()
   const offsets = view.views.map(v => v.offsetPx)
-  console.log('here', { level, featPositions })
-
   const unitMultiplier = Math.floor(MAX_COLOR_RANGE / featPositions.length)
 
   // this loop is optimized to draw many thin lines with a single ctx.stroke
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ export function drawRef(
     const x22 = p22.offsetPx - offsets[level + 1]
     const l1 = Math.abs(x12 - x11)
     const l2 = Math.abs(x22 - x21)
-    console.log({ level, x11, x12, x21, x22, l1, l2 })
     const y1 = 0
     const y2 = height
     const mid = (y2 - y1) / 2
diff --git a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/model.ts b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/model.ts
index 748e123aac..a95d5fdc8c 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/model.ts
+++ b/plugins/linear-comparative-view/src/LinearSyntenyDisplay/model.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ function stateModelFactory(configSchema: AnyConfigurationSchemaType) {
        * #action
        */
       setFeatPositions(arg: FeatPos[]) {
-        console.log({ arg })
         self.featPositions = arg
       },
       /**