diff --git a/MeshLib/ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp b/MeshLib/ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp
index c6a5c513d761645752a43aa9cc49da131feeb709..dc28e5dd6dd642fc0a03a304d13d90fc54189d5b 100644
--- a/MeshLib/ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal::ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal(
 : _coords(global_coords)
 {
     assert(e.getDimension() <= global_coords.getDimension());
-    for(size_t i = 0; i < e.getNNodes(); i++)
+    for(unsigned i = 0; i < e.getNNodes(); i++)
         _point_vec.push_back(MeshLib::Node(*(e.getNode(i))));
 
     getRotationMatrixToGlobal(e, global_coords, _point_vec, _matR2global);
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ void ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal::rotateToLocal(
     std::vector<MeshLib::Node> &local_pt) const
 {
     // rotate the point coordinates
-    const std::size_t global_dim = global_coords.getDimension();
+    const unsigned global_dim = global_coords.getDimension();
     Eigen::VectorXd dx = Eigen::VectorXd::Zero(global_dim);
     Eigen::VectorXd x_new = Eigen::VectorXd::Zero(3);
-    for(std::size_t i = 0; i < ele.getNNodes(); i++)
+    for(unsigned i = 0; i < ele.getNNodes(); i++)
     {
-        for (std::size_t j=0; j<global_dim; j++)
+        for (unsigned j=0; j<global_dim; j++)
             dx[j] = vec_pt[i].getCoords()[j];
 
         x_new.head(global_dim) = matR2local * dx;
         local_pt[i] = MeshLib::Node(x_new.data());
     }
-};
+}
 
 void ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal::getRotationMatrixToGlobal(
     const Element &e,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal::getRotationMatrixToGlobal(
 {
     const std::size_t global_dim = global_coords.getDimension();
 
-    // compute R in x=R*x' where x is original coordinates and x' is local coordinates
+    // compute R in x=R*x' where x are original coordinates and x' are local coordinates
     matR = RotationMatrix::Zero(global_dim, global_dim);
     if (global_dim == e.getDimension()) {
         matR = RotationMatrix::Identity(global_dim, global_dim);
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ void ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal::getRotationMatrixToGlobal(
         MathLib::Vector3 plane_normal;
         double d;
         GeoLib::getNewellPlane (pnts, plane_normal, d);
-        //std::cout << "pn=" << plane_normal << std::endl;
         // compute a rotation matrix to XY
         MathLib::DenseMatrix<double> matToXY(3,3,0.0);
         GeoLib::computeRotationMatrixToXY(plane_normal, matToXY);
diff --git a/Tests/MeshLib/TestCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp b/Tests/MeshLib/TestCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp
index 30e223f2b9554fb309f0013745e480e972645705..89e542618acc1ad2a851ca12d2e2f44b03efd6c2 100644
--- a/Tests/MeshLib/TestCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp
+++ b/Tests/MeshLib/TestCoordinatesMappingLocal.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class TestQuad4
     static MeshLib::Quad* createXYZ()
     {
         MeshLib::Node** nodes = new MeshLib::Node*[e_nnodes];
-        // rotate 40 degree around x axis
+        // rotate 45 degree around x axis
         nodes[0] = new MeshLib::Node( 1.0,  0.7071067811865475,  0.7071067811865475);
         nodes[1] = new MeshLib::Node(-1.0,  0.7071067811865475,  0.7071067811865475);
         nodes[2] = new MeshLib::Node(-1.0, -0.7071067811865475, -0.7071067811865475);
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class TestQuad4
 
 };
 
+#ifndef NDEBUG
 void debugOutput(MeshLib::Element *ele, MeshLib::ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal &mapping)
 {
     std::cout.precision(12);
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ void debugOutput(MeshLib::Element *ele, MeshLib::ElementCoordinatesMappingLocal
         std::cout << (matR*v).transpose() << std::endl;
     }
 }
+#endif
 
 // check if using the rotation matrix results in the original coordinates
 #define CHECK_COORDS(ele, mapping)\
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimLineY)
     //debugOutput(ele, mapping);
 
     double exp_R[2*2] = {0, -1,
-                         1,  0}; //row major
+                         1,  0};
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);
     CHECK_COORDS(ele,mapping);
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimLineZ)
     auto matR(mapping.getRotationMatrixToGlobal());
     //debugOutput(ele, mapping);
 
-    double exp_R[3*3] = {0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0}; //row major
+    double exp_R[3*3] = {0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0};
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);
     CHECK_COORDS(ele,mapping);
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimLineXY)
     //debugOutput(ele, mapping);
 
     double exp_R[2*2] = {0.70710678118654757, -0.70710678118654757,
-                         0.70710678118654757, 0.70710678118654757}; //row major
+                         0.70710678118654757, 0.70710678118654757};
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);
     CHECK_COORDS(ele,mapping);
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimLineXYZ)
 
     double exp_R[3*3] = {0.57735026918962584, -0.81649658092772626,  0,
                          0.57735026918962584,  0.40824829046386313, -0.70710678118654757,
-                         0.57735026918962584,  0.40824829046386313,  0.70710678118654757}; //row major
+                         0.57735026918962584,  0.40824829046386313,  0.70710678118654757};
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);
     CHECK_COORDS(ele,mapping);
@@ -215,11 +217,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimQuadXZ)
     // results when using GeoLib::ComputeRotationMatrixToXY()
     double exp_R[3*3] = {  1, 0,  0,
                            0, 0, -1,
-                           0, 1,  0}; //row major
-//    // results when using GeoLib::ComputeRotationMatrixToXY2()
-//    double exp_R[3*3] = { -1,  0,  0,
-//                           0,  0, -1,
-//                           0, -1,  0}; //row major
+                           0, 1,  0};
 
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);
@@ -236,11 +234,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimQuadYZ)
     // results when using GeoLib::ComputeRotationMatrixToXY()
     double exp_R[3*3] = { 0, 0, 1,
                           0, 1, 0,
-                         -1, 0, 0}; //row major
-//    // results when using GeoLib::ComputeRotationMatrixToXY2()
-//    double exp_R[3*3] = {  0,  0, 1,
-//                          -1,  0, 0,
-//                           0, -1, 0}; //row major
+                         -1, 0, 0};
 
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);
@@ -257,11 +251,7 @@ TEST(MeshLib, CoordinatesMappingLocalLowerDimQuadXYZ)
     // results when using GeoLib::ComputeRotationMatrixToXY()
     double exp_R[3*3] = {  1, 0, 0,
                            0, 0.70710678118654757, -0.70710678118654757,
-                           0, 0.70710678118654757,  0.70710678118654757}; //row major
-//    // results when using GeoLib::ComputeRotationMatrixToXY2()
-//    double exp_R[3*3] = { -1, 0, 0,
-//                           0, -0.70710678118654757, -0.70710678118654757,
-//                           0, -0.70710678118654757,  0.70710678118654757}; //row major
+                           0, 0.70710678118654757,  0.70710678118654757};
 
     const double eps(std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
     ASSERT_ARRAY_NEAR(exp_R, matR.data(), matR.size(), eps);