diff --git a/core/base-service/check-error-response.js b/core/base-service/check-error-response.js
index 08753f6ecb3ce7fc68d5f8863a5d85f265b7c248..62b6b695775da9e7dd6ee5844f399aa6fa267eb7 100644
--- a/core/base-service/check-error-response.js
+++ b/core/base-service/check-error-response.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import log from '../server/log.js'
 import { NotFound, InvalidResponse, Inaccessible } from './errors.js'
 
 const defaultErrorMessages = {
@@ -26,13 +25,6 @@ export default function checkErrorResponse(httpErrors = {}) {
         error = new InvalidResponse(props)
       }
     }
-
-    if (res.statusCode === 429) {
-      log.error(
-        new Error(`429 Too Many Requests calling ${res.requestUrl.origin}`),
-      )
-    }
-
     if (error) {
       error.response = res
       error.buffer = buffer
diff --git a/core/base-service/check-error-response.spec.js b/core/base-service/check-error-response.spec.js
index 411008dfd6fd07b7b38953b3ade6dec53096cc70..ba5d9a33e9b436ae2fab2c1004233edc07b0e5f5 100644
--- a/core/base-service/check-error-response.spec.js
+++ b/core/base-service/check-error-response.spec.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('async error handler', function () {
 
   context('when status is 429', function () {
     const buffer = Buffer.from('some stuff')
-    const res = { statusCode: 429, requestUrl: new URL('https://example.com/') }
+    const res = { statusCode: 429 }
 
     it('throws InvalidResponse', async function () {
       try {