diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/GapWriter.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/GapWriter.js
index be14922a..cfcebf7e 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/GapWriter.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/GapWriter.js
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ export class GapWriter {
             if (await txn.timelineEvents.tryInsert(eventStorageEntry)) {
                 const eventEntry = new EventEntry(eventStorageEntry, this._fragmentIdComparer);
                 directionalAppend(entries, eventEntry, direction);
-            } else {
-                log.log({l: `could not write event`, id: event.event_id}, log.level.Warn);
             }
         }
         return {entries, updatedEntries};
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
index 35a5dbef..af6f55bc 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ export class SyncWriter {
                 }
                 const couldInsert = await txn.timelineEvents.tryInsert(storageEntry, log);
                 if (!couldInsert) {
-                    log.log({l: `could not write event, likely #504`, id: event.event_id}, log.level.Warn);
                     continue;
                 }
                 const entry = new EventEntry(storageEntry, this._fragmentIdComparer);