diff --git a/pkg/logger/logger.go b/pkg/logger/logger.go
index 5e844a7ce..3153fcbb2 100644
--- a/pkg/logger/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/logger/logger.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var (
 			"pingAllCandidates called with no candidate pairs",
 			"failed to send packet",
 			"Ignoring remote candidate with tcpType active",
+			"discard message from",
 		},
 		"pc": {
 			"Failed to accept RTCP stream is already closed",
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/participant.go b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
index 1496f3790..d481d46ea 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/participant.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
@@ -766,20 +766,9 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) GetConnectionQuality() *livekit.ConnectionQualityInfo
 		avgScore = totalScore / float32(numTracks)
 	}
 
-	if avgScore < 4.5 {
-		p.params.Logger.Infow(
-			"low connection quality score",
-			"avgScore", avgScore,
-			"publisherScores", publisherScores,
-			"subscriberScores", subscriberScores,
-		)
-	}
-
-	rating := connectionquality.Score2Rating(avgScore)
-
 	return &livekit.ConnectionQualityInfo{
 		ParticipantSid: string(p.ID()),
-		Quality:        rating,
+		Quality:        connectionquality.Score2Rating(avgScore),
 		Score:          avgScore,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/transport.go b/pkg/rtc/transport.go
index 3d7567dc1..1e81e43d0 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/transport.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/transport.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func (t *PCTransport) setConnectedAt(at time.Time) bool {
 }
 
 func (t *PCTransport) onICEGatheringStateChange(state webrtc.ICEGathererState) {
-	t.params.Logger.Infow("ice gathering state change", "state", state.String())
+	t.params.Logger.Debugw("ice gathering state change", "state", state.String())
 	if state != webrtc.ICEGathererStateComplete {
 		return
 	}
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func (t *PCTransport) handleConnectionFailed() {
 }
 
 func (t *PCTransport) onICEConnectionStateChange(state webrtc.ICEConnectionState) {
-	t.params.Logger.Infow("ice connection state change", "state", state.String())
+	t.params.Logger.Debugw("ice connection state change", "state", state.String())
 	switch state {
 	case webrtc.ICEConnectionStateConnected:
 		t.setICEConnectedAt(time.Now())
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ func (t *PCTransport) onICEConnectionStateChange(state webrtc.ICEConnectionState
 }
 
 func (t *PCTransport) onPeerConnectionStateChange(state webrtc.PeerConnectionState) {
-	t.params.Logger.Infow("peer connection state change", "state", state.String())
+	t.params.Logger.Debugw("peer connection state change", "state", state.String())
 	switch state {
 	case webrtc.PeerConnectionStateConnected:
 		t.logICECandidates()
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ func (t *PCTransport) onPeerConnectionStateChange(state webrtc.PeerConnectionSta
 			t.maybeNotifyFullyEstablished()
 		}
 	case webrtc.PeerConnectionStateFailed:
+		t.params.Logger.Infow("peer connection failed")
 		t.logICECandidates()
 		t.handleConnectionFailed()
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/uptrackmanager.go b/pkg/rtc/uptrackmanager.go
index bc4d0eea2..c674b1f8a 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/uptrackmanager.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/uptrackmanager.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (u *UpTrackManager) UpdateSubscriptionPermission(
 	// store as is for use when migrating
 	u.subscriptionPermission = subscriptionPermission
 	if subscriptionPermission == nil {
-		u.params.Logger.Infow(
+		u.params.Logger.Debugw(
 			"updating subscription permission, setting to nil",
 			"version", u.subscriptionPermissionVersion.ToProto().String(),
 		)
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (u *UpTrackManager) UpdateSubscriptionPermission(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	u.params.Logger.Infow(
+	u.params.Logger.Debugw(
 		"updating subscription permission",
 		"permissions", u.subscriptionPermission.String(),
 		"version", u.subscriptionPermissionVersion.ToProto().String(),
diff --git a/pkg/sfu/connectionquality/connectionstats.go b/pkg/sfu/connectionquality/connectionstats.go
index b1f423faf..bb25d697d 100644
--- a/pkg/sfu/connectionquality/connectionstats.go
+++ b/pkg/sfu/connectionquality/connectionstats.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ type ConnectionStats struct {
 	lock             sync.RWMutex
 	score            float32
 	lastUpdate       time.Time
-	isLowQuality     atomic.Bool
 	maxExpectedLayer int32
 
 	done     chan struct{}
@@ -244,15 +243,6 @@ func (cs *ConnectionStats) updateScore(streams map[uint32]*buffer.StreamStatsWit
 		}
 	}
 
-	if cs.score < 4.2 {
-		if !cs.isLowQuality.Swap(true) {
-			// changed from good to low quality, log
-			cs.params.Logger.Infow("low connection quality", "score", cs.score, "params", params)
-		}
-	} else {
-		cs.isLowQuality.Store(false)
-	}
-
 	return cs.score
 }