diff --git a/internal/esvm_mine_negatives.m b/internal/esvm_mine_negatives.m
index 83d8e11c7..4f4bee262 100644
--- a/internal/esvm_mine_negatives.m
+++ b/internal/esvm_mine_negatives.m
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   if supersize > 0
     addon=sprintf(', max = %.3f',max(cellfun(@(x)max_or_this(x,-1000),scores)));
   end
-  total = sum(cellfun(@(x)x.num_visited,mining_queue));
+
   fprintf(1,'Found %04d windows, image:%05d (#seen=%05d/%05d%s)\n',...
           supersize, index, ...
           length(imageset)-length(mining_queue)+i, length(imageset), addon);
@@ -214,17 +214,10 @@
 function mining_queue = update_mq_onepass(mining_queue, violating_images, ...
                                            empty_images)
 
-%% Take the violating images and remove them from queue
-mover_ids = find(cellfun(@(x)ismember(x.index,violating_images), ...
-                         mining_queue));
-
+%% Take the violating and empty images and remove them from queue
+mover_ids = 1:(length(violating_images) + length(empty_images));
 mining_queue(mover_ids) = [];
 
-%% We now take the empty images and remove them from queue
-mover_ids = find(cellfun(@(x)ismember(x.index,empty_images), ...
-                         mining_queue));
-
-mining_queue(mover_ids) = [];
 
 function mining_queue = update_mq_front_violators(mining_queue,...
                                                   violating_images, ...