diff --git a/tests/waku_rln_relay/rln/waku_rln_relay_utils.nim b/tests/waku_rln_relay/rln/waku_rln_relay_utils.nim
index 7ea10b95f..383f45c65 100644
--- a/tests/waku_rln_relay/rln/waku_rln_relay_utils.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_rln_relay/rln/waku_rln_relay_utils.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ proc unsafeAppendRLNProof*(
   ## this proc derived from appendRLNProof, does not perform nonce check to
   ## facilitate bad message id generation for testing
 
-  debug "calling generateProof from unsafeAppendRLNProof from waku_rln_relay_utils"
   let input = msg.toRLNSignal()
   let epoch = rlnPeer.calcEpoch(senderEpochTime)
 
diff --git a/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_static.nim b/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_static.nim
index de3bf6a62..d2a781fcd 100644
--- a/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_static.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_rln_relay/utils_static.nim
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ proc sendRlnMessageWithInvalidProof*(
     completionFuture: Future[bool],
     payload: seq[byte] = "Hello".toBytes(),
 ): Future[bool] {.async.} =
-  debug "calling generateProof from sendRlnMessageWithInvalidProof from utils_static"
   let
     extraBytes: seq[byte] = @[byte(1), 2, 3]
     rateLimitProofRes = client.wakuRlnRelay.groupManager.generateProof(
diff --git a/waku/waku_api/rest/relay/handlers.nim b/waku/waku_api/rest/relay/handlers.nim
index 7851bf300..7ee0ee7e3 100644
--- a/waku/waku_api/rest/relay/handlers.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_api/rest/relay/handlers.nim
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ proc installRelayApiHandlers*(
       error "publish error", err = msg
       return RestApiResponse.badRequest("Failed to publish. " & msg)
 
-    debug "calling appendRLNProof from post_waku_v2_relay_v1_auto_messages_no_topic"
     # if RLN is mounted, append the proof to the message
     if not node.wakuRlnRelay.isNil():
       node.wakuRlnRelay.appendRLNProof(message, float64(getTime().toUnix())).isOkOr:
@@ -273,7 +272,6 @@ proc installRelayApiHandlers*(
           "Failed to publish: error appending RLN proof to message: " & $error
         )
 
-    debug "calling validateMessage from post_waku_v2_relay_v1_auto_messages_no_topic"
     (await node.wakuRelay.validateMessage(pubsubTopic, message)).isOkOr:
       return RestApiResponse.badRequest("Failed to publish: " & error)
 
diff --git a/waku/waku_lightpush_legacy/callbacks.nim b/waku/waku_lightpush_legacy/callbacks.nim
index 5ef1ee28f..f5a79eadc 100644
--- a/waku/waku_lightpush_legacy/callbacks.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_lightpush_legacy/callbacks.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ proc checkAndGenerateRLNProof*(
     rlnPeer: Option[WakuRLNRelay], message: WakuMessage
 ): Result[WakuMessage, string] =
   # check if the message already has RLN proof
-  debug "calling appendRLNProof from checkAndGenerateRLNProof from waku_lightpush_legacy"
   if message.proof.len > 0:
     return ok(message)
 
diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
index 50d512841..26e8548f5 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ method generateProof*(
   if g.userMessageLimit.isNone():
     return err("user message limit is not set")
 
-  debug "calling proofGen from generateProof from group_manager_base", data = data
-
   waku_rln_proof_generation_duration_seconds.nanosecondTime:
     let proof = proofGen(
       rlnInstance = g.rlnInstance,
diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
index cad15fa50..d1b94093e 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
@@ -340,11 +340,6 @@ method generateProof*(
   if g.userMessageLimit.isNone():
     return err("user message limit is not set")
 
-  debug "calling generateProof from group_manager onchain",
-    data = data,
-    membershipIndex = g.membershipIndex.get(),
-    userMessageLimit = g.userMessageLimit.get()
-
   try:
     discard waitFor g.updateRoots()
   except CatchableError:
@@ -474,6 +469,7 @@ method verifyProof*(
     addr proofBuffer, # (proof + signal)
     addr rootsBuffer, # valid Merkle roots
     addr validProof # will be set by the FFI call
+    ,
   )
 
   if not ffiOk:
diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
index 0668d9255..7388c99f8 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
@@ -193,8 +193,6 @@ proc validateMessage*(
   ## `timeOption` indicates Unix epoch time (fractional part holds sub-seconds)
   ## if `timeOption` is supplied, then the current epoch is calculated based on that
 
-  debug "calling validateMessage from rln_relay", msg_len = msg.payload.len
-
   let decodeRes = RateLimitProof.init(msg.proof)
   if decodeRes.isErr():
     return MessageValidationResult.Invalid
@@ -246,6 +244,7 @@ proc validateMessage*(
     waku_rln_errors_total.inc(labelValues = ["proof_verification"])
     warn "invalid message: proof verification failed", payloadLen = msg.payload.len
     return MessageValidationResult.Invalid
+
   if not proofVerificationRes.value():
     # invalid proof
     warn "invalid message: invalid proof", payloadLen = msg.payload.len
@@ -314,8 +313,6 @@ proc appendRLNProof*(
   let input = msg.toRLNSignal()
   let epoch = rlnPeer.calcEpoch(senderEpochTime)
 
-  debug "calling generateProof from appendRLNProof from rln_relay", input = input
-
   let nonce = rlnPeer.nonceManager.getNonce().valueOr:
     return err("could not get new message id to generate an rln proof: " & $error)
   let proof = rlnPeer.groupManager.generateProof(input, epoch, nonce).valueOr: