diff --git a/setup/start/systemd/box.service b/setup/start/systemd/box.service
index 2fa28a692..c4afcb9c2 100644
--- a/setup/start/systemd/box.service
+++ b/setup/start/systemd/box.service
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ WorkingDirectory=/home/yellowtent/box
 Restart=always
 ExecStart=/home/yellowtent/box/box.js
 ; we run commands like df which will parse properly only with correct locale
-Environment="HOME=/home/yellowtent" "USER=yellowtent" "DEBUG=box:*,connect-lastmile,-box:ldap,-box:externalldap" "BOX_ENV=cloudron" "NODE_ENV=production" "LC_ALL=C"
+Environment="HOME=/home/yellowtent" "USER=yellowtent" "DEBUG=box:*,connect-lastmile,-box:ldap" "BOX_ENV=cloudron" "NODE_ENV=production" "LC_ALL=C"
 ; kill apptask processes as well
 KillMode=control-group
 ; Do not kill this process on OOM. Children inherit this score. Do not set it to -1000 so that MemoryMax can keep working
diff --git a/src/externalldap.js b/src/externalldap.js
index 78eb3ffb3..ab0cdf150 100644
--- a/src/externalldap.js
+++ b/src/externalldap.js
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ async function clientSearch(client, dn, searchOptions) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof dn, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof searchOptions, 'object');
 
-    debug(`clientSearch: Get objects at ${dn} with options ${JSON.stringify(searchOptions)}`);
-
     // basic validation to not crash
     try { ldap.parseDN(dn); } catch (e) { throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, 'invalid DN'); }
 
@@ -163,8 +161,6 @@ async function ldapUserSearch(externalLdapConfig, options) {
         searchOptions.filter = new ldap.AndFilter({ filters: [ extraFilter, searchOptions.filter ] });
     }
 
-    debug(`Listing users at ${externalLdapConfig.baseDn} with filter ${searchOptions.filter.toString()}`);
-
     const client = await getClient(externalLdapConfig, { bind: true });
     const result = await clientSearch(client, externalLdapConfig.baseDn, searchOptions);
     client.unbind();
@@ -187,8 +183,6 @@ async function ldapGroupSearch(externalLdapConfig, options) {
         searchOptions.filter = new ldap.AndFilter({ filters: [ extraFilter, searchOptions.filter ] });
     }
 
-    debug(`Listing groups at ${externalLdapConfig.groupBaseDn} with filter ${searchOptions.filter.toString()}`);
-
     const client = await getClient(externalLdapConfig, { bind: true });
     const result = await clientSearch(client, externalLdapConfig.groupBaseDn, searchOptions);
     client.unbind();
@@ -239,21 +233,6 @@ async function testConfig(config) {
     return null;
 }
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-async function search(identifier) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof identifier, 'string');
-
-    const externalLdapConfig = await settings.getExternalLdapConfig();
-    if (externalLdapConfig.provider === 'noop') throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, 'not enabled');
-
-    const ldapUsers = await ldapUserSearch(externalLdapConfig, { filter: `${externalLdapConfig.usernameField}=${identifier}` });
-
-    // translate ldap properties to ours
-    let users = ldapUsers.map(function (u) { return translateUser(externalLdapConfig, u); });
-
-    return users;
-}
-
 async function maybeCreateUser(identifier) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof identifier, 'string');