diff --git a/arangod/IResearch/IResearchViewSingleServer.cpp b/arangod/IResearch/IResearchViewSingleServer.cpp
index b20446f150..d11f4d9074 100644
--- a/arangod/IResearch/IResearchViewSingleServer.cpp
+++ b/arangod/IResearch/IResearchViewSingleServer.cpp
@@ -105,17 +105,6 @@ namespace iresearch {
       }
   }
 
-#ifdef ARANGODB_ENABLE_MAINTAINER_MODE
-  {
-    VPackBuilder builder;
-    {
-      VPackObjectBuilder object(&builder);
-      view->toVelocyPack(builder, true, true);
-    }
-    LOG_TOPIC(TRACE, arangodb::iresearch::TOPIC) << "created view " << builder.slice().toJson();
-  }
-#endif
-
   return view;
 }