diff --git a/pkg/sfu/buffer/buffer.go b/pkg/sfu/buffer/buffer.go
index 1e607eaf0..00172573e 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -537,11 +537,6 @@ func (b *Buffer) calc(rawPkt []byte, rtpPacket *rtp.Packet, arrivalTime time.Tim
 				b.logger.Errorw("could not exclude range", err, "sn", rtpPacket.SequenceNumber, "esn", flowState.ExtSequenceNumber)
 			}
 		}
-		// TODO-VP9-DEBUG-REMOVE-START
-		snAdjustment, err := b.snRangeMap.GetValue(flowState.ExtSequenceNumber)
-		b.logger.Debugw("dropping padding packet", "sn", rtpPacket.SequenceNumber, "osn", flowState.ExtSequenceNumber, "msn", flowState.ExtSequenceNumber-snAdjustment, "error", err)
-		// TODO-VP9-DEBUG-REMOVE-END
-		return
 	}
 
 	// add to RTX buffer using sequence number after accounting for dropped padding only packets
diff --git a/pkg/sfu/forwarder.go b/pkg/sfu/forwarder.go
index 44de9ba71..86fe39967 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/forwarder.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/forwarder.go
@@ -1697,18 +1697,6 @@ func (f *Forwarder) getTranslationParamsVideo(extPkt *buffer.ExtPacket, layer in
 			// call to update highest incoming sequence number and other internal structures
 			if tpRTP, err := f.rtpMunger.UpdateAndGetSnTs(extPkt, result.RTPMarker); err == nil {
 				if tpRTP.snOrdering == SequenceNumberOrderingContiguous {
-					// TODO-VP9-DEBUG-REMOVE-START
-					f.logger.Debugw(
-						"dropping packet",
-						"isn", extPkt.ExtSequenceNumber,
-						"its", extPkt.ExtTimestamp,
-						"osn", tpRTP.extSequenceNumber,
-						"ots", tpRTP.extTimestamp,
-						"payloadLen", len(extPkt.Packet.Payload),
-						"sid", extPkt.Spatial,
-						"tid", extPkt.Temporal,
-					)
-					// TODO-VP9-DEBUG-REMOVE-END
 					f.rtpMunger.PacketDropped(extPkt)
 				} else {
 					// TODO-VP9-DEBUG-REMOVE-START