diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
index c3abb47735abfa25c5a66a05632ca45445670dd6..afc59f4b12a62f6479d33e9338b831579746e2dc 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   } 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,