diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 7af256355..db044fc95 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package courier
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ func NewServerWithLogger(config *config.Courier, backend Backend, logger *logrus
 	router.Use(middleware.DefaultCompress)
 	router.Use(middleware.RequestID)
 	router.Use(middleware.RealIP)
-	router.Use(traceErrors(logger))
 	router.Use(lg.RequestLogger(logger))
 	router.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
 	router.Use(middleware.Timeout(15 * time.Second))
@@ -377,26 +374,6 @@ func (s *server) handleIndex(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Write(buf.Bytes())
 }
 
-func traceErrors(logger *logrus.Logger) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			body := bytes.Buffer{}
-			r.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(io.TeeReader(r.Body, &body))
-			ww := middleware.NewWrapResponseWriter(w, r.ProtoMajor)
-			next.ServeHTTP(ww, r)
-
-			// we are returning an error of some kind, log the incoming request body
-			if ww.Status() != 200 && strings.ToLower(r.Method) == "post" {
-				logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-					"request_body": body.String(),
-					"status":       ww.Status(),
-					"req_id":       r.Context().Value(middleware.RequestIDKey)}).Error()
-			}
-		}
-		return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
-	}
-}
-
 var splash = `
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