diff --git a/src/ray/core_worker/task_manager.cc b/src/ray/core_worker/task_manager.cc
index be9c6858f..cb70483bc 100644
--- a/src/ray/core_worker/task_manager.cc
+++ b/src/ray/core_worker/task_manager.cc
@@ -460,11 +460,8 @@ std::vector<TaskID> TaskManager::GetPendingChildrenTasks(
     const TaskID &parent_task_id) const {
   std::vector<TaskID> ret_vec;
   absl::MutexLock lock(&mu_);
-  RAY_LOG(ERROR) << " calling get children tasks";
-  RAY_LOG(ERROR) << "NUMBER OF PENDING TASKS: " << num_pending_tasks_;
   for (auto it : submissible_tasks_) {
-    RAY_LOG(ERROR) << "Getting tasks!! " << it.second.spec.TaskId();
-    if (it.second.pending and it.second.spec.ParentTaskId() == parent_task_id) {
+    if ((it.second.pending) && (it.second.spec.ParentTaskId() == parent_task_id)) {
       ret_vec.push_back(it.first);
     }
   }