diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 71e948ae0f..ea0b36d2d4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ repos:
     - id: ruff
       args: [--fix, --show-fixes]
     - id: ruff-format
-- repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/madforhooks
-  rev: 0.4.1
-  hooks:
-    - id: no-print-statements
-      files: ^pymc/
-      exclude: (?x)(pymc/_version.py)
 - repo: local
   hooks:
     - id: check-no-tests-are-ignored
diff --git a/pymc/math.py b/pymc/math.py
index 3aba393140..48ec0d7d2d 100644
--- a/pymc/math.py
+++ b/pymc/math.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
 
-import sys
 import warnings
 
 from functools import partial, reduce
@@ -389,8 +388,7 @@ def perform(self, node, inputs, outputs, params=None):
             log_det = np.sum(np.log(np.abs(s)))
             z[0] = np.asarray(log_det, dtype=x.dtype)
         except Exception:
-            print(f"Failed to compute logdet of {x}.", file=sys.stdout)
-            raise
+            raise ValueError(f"Failed to compute logdet of {x}.")
 
     def grad(self, inputs, g_outputs):
         [gz] = g_outputs
diff --git a/pymc/tuning/starting.py b/pymc/tuning/starting.py
index 9f3a894ac9..c085af5d25 100644
--- a/pymc/tuning/starting.py
+++ b/pymc/tuning/starting.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 @author: johnsalvatier
 """
 
-import sys
 import warnings
 
 from collections.abc import Sequence
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ def find_MAP(
                 pm._log.info(e)
         finally:
             cost_func.progress.update(cost_func.task, completed=cost_func.n_eval, refresh=True)
-            print(file=sys.stdout)
 
     mx0 = RaveledVars(mx0, x0.point_map_info)
     unobserved_vars = get_default_varnames(model.unobserved_value_vars, include_transformed)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5efd4b7b5..03fddead3f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extend-exclude = ["_version.py"]
 docstring-code-format = true
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
-select = ["C4", "D", "E", "F", "I", "UP", "W", "RUF"]
+select = ["C4", "D", "E", "F", "I", "UP", "W", "RUF", "T20"]
 ignore = [
   "E501",
   "F841", # Local variable name is assigned to but never used
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ lines-between-types = 1
   "I001", # Import block is un-sorted or un-formatted
 ]
 "tests/*" = ["D"]
+"scripts/run_mypy.py" = [
+  "T201", # No print statements
+]
+"*.ipynb" = [
+  "T201", # No print statements
+]
 
 [tool.coverage.report]
 exclude_lines = [
diff --git a/tests/gp/test_cov.py b/tests/gp/test_cov.py
index db33502972..5a0d962747 100644
--- a/tests/gp/test_cov.py
+++ b/tests/gp/test_cov.py
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ def test_euclidean_dist(self):
                 [1, 0, 1],
             ]
         )
-        print(result, expected)
         npt.assert_allclose(result, expected, atol=1e-5)