diff --git a/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp b/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
index b19b9d8f77..4d22a1a241 100644
--- a/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void ServerKnobs::initialize(Randomize randomize, ClientKnobs* clientKnobs, IsSi
 	init( PUSH_STATS_SLOW_RATIO,                                 0.5 );
 	init( TLOG_POP_BATCH_SIZE,                                  1000 ); if ( randomize && BUGGIFY ) TLOG_POP_BATCH_SIZE = 10;
 	init( TLOG_POPPED_VER_LAG_THRESHOLD_FOR_TLOGPOP_TRACE,     250e6 );
-	init( ENABLE_DETAILED_TLOG_POP_TRACE,                       true );
+	init( ENABLE_DETAILED_TLOG_POP_TRACE,                      false ); if ( randomize && BUGGIFY ) ENABLE_DETAILED_TLOG_POP_TRACE = true;
 
 	// disk snapshot max timeout, to be put in TLog, storage and coordinator nodes
 	init( MAX_FORKED_PROCESS_OUTPUT,                            1024 );