diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
index 6499eff3e931f7457853c4e0806630cf79e31196..e1873603306924573b65257e053129acee065290 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   } while (0)
 
 /* TODO (makdharma): Hook up into the wider tracing mechanism */
-int grpc_cronet_trace = 1;
+int grpc_cronet_trace = 0;
 
 enum e_op_result {
   ACTION_TAKEN_WITH_CALLBACK,