diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
index 46ca51219d..32c944f5b8 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
@@ -448,13 +448,6 @@ void AvatarMixerSlave::broadcastAvatarDataToAgent(const SharedNodePointer& node)
             // or that somehow we haven't sent
             if (lastSeqToReceiver == lastSeqFromSender && lastSeqToReceiver != 0) {
                 ++numAvatarsHeldBack;
-
-                // BUGZ-781 verbose debugging:
-                auto usecLastTimeSent = destinationNodeData->getLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(sourceAvatarNodeData->getNodeLocalID());
-                if (usecLastTimeSent != 0 && startIgnoreCalculation - usecLastTimeSent > 10 * USECS_PER_SECOND) {
-                    qCDebug(avatars) << "Not sent avatar" << *sourceAvatarNode << "to Node" << *destinationNode << "in > 10 s";
-                }
-
                 sendAvatar = false;
             } else if (lastSeqFromSender == 0) {
                 // We have have not yet received any data about this avatar. Ignore it for now