diff --git a/zerver/lib/event_queue.py b/zerver/lib/event_queue.py
index 6d2210da97..2f563fe050 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/event_queue.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/event_queue.py
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ class ClientDescriptor(object):
             async_request_restart(self.current_handler._request)
 
         self.event_queue.push(event)
-        logging.info("DEBUG: Added %s event to queue %s: handler is %s" % (
-                event.get("type"),
-                self.event_queue.id,
-                self.current_handler is not None))
         if self.current_handler is not None:
             try:
                 self.current_handler._request._log_data['extra'] = "[%s/1]" % (self.event_queue.id,)
@@ -103,10 +99,8 @@ class ClientDescriptor(object):
                                                        queue_id=self.event_queue.id),
                                                   self.current_handler._request,
                                                   apply_markdown=self.apply_markdown)
-                logging.info("DEBUG: Successfully called back on queue %s" % (self.event_queue.id))
             except socket.error:
-                logging.info("DEBUG: Got error adding event to queue %s" % (self.event_queue.id))
-                traceback.print_exc()
+                logging.exception("Got error adding event to queue %s" % (self.event_queue.id))
             self.disconnect_handler()
 
     def accepts_event_type(self, type):
@@ -132,11 +126,8 @@ class ClientDescriptor(object):
         heartbeat_time = time.time() + HEARTBEAT_MIN_FREQ_SECS + random.randint(0, 10)
         if self.client_type.name != 'API: heartbeat test':
             self._timeout_handle = ioloop.add_timeout(heartbeat_time, timeout_callback)
-        logging.info("DEBUG: connected handler for queue %s" % (self.event_queue.id,))
 
     def disconnect_handler(self):
-        if self.current_handler is not None:
-            logging.info("DEBUG: disconnected handler for queue %s" % (self.event_queue.id,))
         self.current_handler = None
         if self._timeout_handle is not None:
             ioloop = tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
diff --git a/zerver/tornadoviews.py b/zerver/tornadoviews.py
index dbce608ffa..c463b3df06 100644
--- a/zerver/tornadoviews.py
+++ b/zerver/tornadoviews.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ def get_events_backend(request, user_profile, handler = None,
             queue_id = client.event_queue.id
         else:
             return json_error("Missing 'queue_id' argument")
-        logging.info("DEBUG: created queue %s" % (queue_id,))
     else:
         if last_event_id is None:
             return json_error("Missing 'last_event_id' argument")