diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 6fb9313db3..8976d48ff0 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ password_config:
 
 ## Opentracing ##
 # These settings enable opentracing which implements distributed tracing
-# This allows you to observe the causal chain of events across servers 
+# This allows you to observe the causal chain of events across servers
 # including requests, key lookups etc. across any server running
 # synapse or any other other services which supports opentracing.
 # (specifically those implemented with jaeger)
diff --git a/synapse/config/tracer.py b/synapse/config/tracer.py
index 76fa5b8920..3c14196b92 100644
--- a/synapse/config/tracer.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tracer.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import logging
-
 from jaeger_client import Config as JaegerConfig
 
 from synapse.util.scopecontextmanager import LogContextScopeManager
@@ -22,8 +20,6 @@ from synapse.util.tracerutils import TracerUtil
 
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class TracerConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
@@ -45,7 +41,7 @@ class TracerConfig(Config):
         return """\
         ## Opentracing ##
         # These settings enable opentracing which implements distributed tracing
-        # This allows you to observe the causal chain of events across servers 
+        # This allows you to observe the causal chain of events across servers
         # including requests, key lookups etc. across any server running
         # synapse or any other other services which supports opentracing.
         # (specifically those implemented with jaeger)
diff --git a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
index 4bc5ceeeee..8d806c949b 100644
--- a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
+++ b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ from six import PY3, raise_from, string_types
 from six.moves import urllib
 
 import attr
+import opentracing
 import treq
 from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
-from opentracing.propagation import Format
+from opentracing import tags
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 from signedjson.sign import sign_json
 from zope.interface import implementer
@@ -37,10 +38,6 @@ from twisted.internet.task import _EPSILON, Cooperator
 from twisted.web._newclient import ResponseDone
 from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 
-import opentracing
-from opentracing import tags
-from synapse.util.tracerutils import TracerUtil
-
 import synapse.metrics
 import synapse.util.retryutils
 from synapse.api.errors import (
@@ -56,6 +53,7 @@ from synapse.http.federation.matrix_federation_agent import MatrixFederationAgen
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import timeout_deferred
 from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
+from synapse.util.tracerutils import TracerUtil
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/scopecontextmanager.py b/synapse/util/scopecontextmanager.py
index 6e0acab42e..85a06bf5b4 100644
--- a/synapse/util/scopecontextmanager.py
+++ b/synapse/util/scopecontextmanager.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class _LogContextScope(Scope):
             manager (LogContextScopeManager):
                 the manager that is responsible for this scope.
             span (Span):
-                the opentracing span which this scope represents the local 
+                the opentracing span which this scope represents the local
                 lifetime for.
             logcontext (LogContext):
                 the logcontext to which this scope is attached.
diff --git a/synapse/util/tracerutils.py b/synapse/util/tracerutils.py
index e2337d654f..5a2e96e1cb 100644
--- a/synapse/util/tracerutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/tracerutils.py
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.import opentracing
 
-import logging
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+import re
 
 import opentracing
 from opentracing.propagation import Format
 
-import re
-
 # block everything by default
 
 
@@ -40,7 +36,6 @@ class TracerUtil:
             TracerUtil._homeserver_whitelist = re.compile(
                 "({})".format(")|(".join(homeserver_whitelist))
             )
-            logger.info("Set whitelist to {}".format(TracerUtil._homeserver_whitelist))
 
     @staticmethod
     def whitelisted_homeserver(destination):
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ class TracerUtil:
     @staticmethod
     def inject_span_context_byte_dict(headers, span, destination):
         """
-        Injects a span context into a dict where the headers are encoded as byte 
+        Injects a span context into a dict where the headers are encoded as byte
         strings
 
         Args:
@@ -112,7 +107,6 @@ class TracerUtil:
             https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-python/blob/master/jaeger_client/constants.py
         """
         if not TracerUtil.whitelisted_homeserver(destination):
-            logger.info("{}".format(TracerUtil._homeserver_whitelist))
             return
 
         carrier = {}