diff --git a/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub.nim b/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub.nim
index 45bcb8676..8bf6b9b44 100644
--- a/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub.nim
+++ b/libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub.nim
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ method publish*(g: GossipSub,
     msg = Message.init(g.peerInfo, data, topic, g.sign)
     msgId = g.msgIdProvider(msg)
 
-  trace "created new message", msg
+  # trace "created new message", msg
 
   trace "publishing on topic", name = topic, peers = peers
   if msgId notin g.mcache: