diff --git a/roomserver/query/backfill.go b/roomserver/query/backfill.go
index 980385fa7..b0ef0d82d 100644
--- a/roomserver/query/backfill.go
+++ b/roomserver/query/backfill.go
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ func (b *backfillRequester) StateBeforeEvent(ctx context.Context, roomVer gomatr
 	events, err := b.ProvideEvents(roomVer, eventIDs)
 	if err != nil {
 		// non-fatal, fallthrough
-		logrus.WithError(err).Info("Failed to fetch events banana")
+		logrus.WithError(err).Info("Failed to fetch events")
 	} else {
-		logrus.Infof("Fetched %d/%d events from the database banana", len(events), len(eventIDs))
+		logrus.Infof("Fetched %d/%d events from the database", len(events), len(eventIDs))
 		if len(events) == len(eventIDs) {
 			result := make(map[string]*gomatrixserverlib.Event)
 			for i := range events {
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ func (b *backfillRequester) StateBeforeEvent(ctx context.Context, roomVer gomatr
 		}
 	}
 
-	logrus.WithField("event_id", event.EventID()).Info("Requesting /state at event banana")
 	c := gomatrixserverlib.FederatedStateProvider{
 		FedClient:      b.fedClient,
 		AuthEventsOnly: false,
diff --git a/roomserver/query/query.go b/roomserver/query/query.go
index 25b2498b2..a92942de8 100644
--- a/roomserver/query/query.go
+++ b/roomserver/query/query.go
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) QueryBackfill(
 	request *api.QueryBackfillRequest,
 	response *api.QueryBackfillResponse,
 ) error {
-	logrus.WithField("req", request).Info("QueryBackfill - I am " + r.ServerName)
 	// if we are requesting the backfill then we need to do a federation hit
 	// TODO: we could be more sensible and fetch as many events we already have then request the rest
 	//       which is what the syncapi does already.