diff --git a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs
index b532469b0e..a2f8be834c 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ impl<R, S> AuthenticatedHandler<R, S> {
     /// Simultaneously listens for incoming client requests, which realistically should only be
     /// binary requests to forward sphinx packets or increase bandwidth
     /// and for sphinx packets received from the mix network that should be sent back to the client.
-    #[instrument(level = "debug", skip_all)]
     pub(crate) async fn listen_for_requests(mut self, mut shutdown: TaskClient)
     where
         R: Rng + CryptoRng,
diff --git a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
index f883e578d1..b4b02f6d58 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
@@ -1005,7 +1005,6 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
         Ok(Some(client_details))
     }
 
-    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     pub(crate) async fn handle_until_authenticated_or_failure(
         mut self,
         shutdown: &mut TaskClient,
@@ -1067,7 +1066,6 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
         None
     }
 
-    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     pub(crate) async fn wait_for_initial_message(
         &mut self,
     ) -> Result<ClientControlRequest, InitialAuthenticationError>