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 602846e98da665e1ada6a70e190e99a1acb7ab6b..b600b53334f2a7e1ed70cbaee5a9f3350ec208b4 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());