diff --git a/cassandra2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CassandraCQLClient.java b/cassandra2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CassandraCQLClient.java
index 6758534fe19f4dff9f8352459c39bc4b8d1b9089..d4dc8c7707b429f090561967d35acaa5052c4cac 100644
--- a/cassandra2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CassandraCQLClient.java
+++ b/cassandra2/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/CassandraCQLClient.java
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ public class CassandraCQLClient extends DB {
         insertStmt.value(entry.getKey(), value);
       }
 
-      insertStmt.setConsistencyLevel(writeConsistencyLevel).enableTracing();
+      insertStmt.setConsistencyLevel(writeConsistencyLevel);
 
       if (debug) {
         System.out.println(insertStmt.toString());