diff --git a/coolest/api/plotting.py b/coolest/api/plotting.py
index d52619c..41c0850 100644
--- a/coolest/api/plotting.py
+++ b/coolest/api/plotting.py
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ def plot_model_residuals(self, ax, mask=None,
             plut.scale_bar(ax, scalebar_size, color='black', loc='lower right')
         if add_chi2_label is True:
             num_constraints = np.size(image) if ll_mask is None else np.sum(ll_mask)
-            print("num_constraints", num_constraints)
             red_chi2 = np.sum(image**2) / num_constraints
             ax.text(0.05, 0.05, r'$\chi^2_\nu$='+f'{red_chi2:.2f}', color='black', alpha=1, 
                     fontsize=chi2_fontsize, va='bottom', ha='left', transform=ax.transAxes,
diff --git a/coolest/template/json.py b/coolest/template/json.py
index d671012..4772da7 100644
--- a/coolest/template/json.py
+++ b/coolest/template/json.py
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ def load(self, skip_jsonpickle=False, validate=True, verbose=True):
         jsonpickle_path = self.path + self._api_suffix + '.json'
         if os.path.exists(jsonpickle_path) and not skip_jsonpickle:
             instance = self.load_jsonpickle(jsonpickle_path)
-            # TODO: the following line is only for backward compatibility and will soon be removed
-            instance.likelihoods = None
         else:
             if verbose:
                 print(f"Template file '{jsonpickle_path}' not found, now trying to read '{json_path}'.")