diff --git a/src/docker.js b/src/docker.js
index 04a59c5bb..77d4f1829 100644
--- a/src/docker.js
+++ b/src/docker.js
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ const CLEARVOLUME_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/clearvolume.sh'),
 const DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH = '/var/run/docker.sock';
 const gConnection = new Docker({ socketPath: DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH });
 
-function debugApp(app) {
-    assert(typeof app === 'object');
-
-    debug(app.fqdn + ' ' + util.format.apply(util, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1)));
-}
-
 function testRegistryConfig(auth, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof auth, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
@@ -332,8 +326,6 @@ function createSubcontainer(app, name, cmd, options, callback) {
 
         containerOptions = _.extend(containerOptions, options);
 
-        debugApp(app, 'Creating container for %s', app.manifest.dockerImage);
-
         gConnection.createContainer(containerOptions, function (error, container) {
             if (error) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.DOCKER_ERROR, error));
 
@@ -413,8 +405,6 @@ function deleteContainer(containerId, callback) {
     assert(!containerId || typeof containerId === 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    debug('deleting container %s', containerId);
-
     if (containerId === null) return callback(null);
 
     var container = gConnection.getContainer(containerId);
@@ -459,8 +449,6 @@ function stopContainers(appId, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof appId, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    debug('Stopping containers of %s', appId);
-
     gConnection.listContainers({ all: 1, filters: JSON.stringify({ label: [ 'appId=' + appId ] }) }, function (error, containers) {
         if (error) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.DOCKER_ERROR, error));
 
diff --git a/src/scheduler.js b/src/scheduler.js
index f1a83bb0d..32de05b7e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.js
+++ b/src/scheduler.js
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ function runTask(appId, taskName, callback) {
 
     callback = callback || NOOP_CALLBACK;
 
-    debug(`runTask: running task ${taskName} of ${appId}`);
-
     apps.get(appId, function (error, app) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
@@ -164,14 +162,10 @@ function runTask(appId, taskName, callback) {
                 }
             }
 
-            debug(`runTask: removing any old task ${taskName} of app ${app.fqdn}`);
-
             killContainer(containerName, function (error) {
                 if (error) return callback(error);
                 const cmd = gState[appId].schedulerConfig[taskName].command;
 
-                debug(`runTask: starting task ${taskName} of app ${app.fqdn} with cmd ${cmd}`);
-
                 // NOTE: if you change container name here, fix addons.js to return correct container names
                 docker.createSubcontainer(app, containerName, [ '/bin/sh', '-c', cmd ], { } /* options */, function (error, container) {
                     if (error) return callback(error);