diff --git a/src/core/surface/call.c b/src/core/surface/call.c
index f6001166e682ac9a5f2dde939963ad6c6396de77..3eb0fe528c0cb2a3b3681f5129ad897b7dfd57ea 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/call.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/call.c
@@ -168,13 +168,11 @@ legacy_state *get_legacy_state(grpc_call *call) {
   return call->legacy_state;
 }
 
-void grpc_call_internal_ref(grpc_call *c, const char *reason) { 
-  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "ref %p %s %d", c, reason, (int)c->internal_refcount.count);
+void grpc_call_internal_ref(grpc_call *c) { 
   gpr_ref(&c->internal_refcount); 
 }
 
-void grpc_call_internal_unref(grpc_call *c, const char *reason) {
-  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "unref %p %s %d", c, reason, (int)c->internal_refcount.count);
+void grpc_call_internal_unref(grpc_call *c) {
   if (gpr_unref(&c->internal_refcount)) {
     grpc_call_stack_destroy(CALL_STACK_FROM_CALL(c));
     grpc_channel_internal_unref(c->channel);
@@ -564,7 +562,7 @@ void grpc_call_destroy(grpc_call *c) {
   cancel = !c->stream_closed;
   unlock(c);
   if (cancel) grpc_call_cancel(c);
-  grpc_call_internal_unref(c, "destroy");
+  grpc_call_internal_unref(c);
 }
 
 static void maybe_set_status_code(grpc_call *call, gpr_uint32 status) {
@@ -896,7 +894,7 @@ static void call_alarm(void *arg, int success) {
       grpc_call_cancel(call);
     }
   }
-  grpc_call_internal_unref(call, "alarm");
+  grpc_call_internal_unref(call);
 }
 
 void grpc_call_set_deadline(grpc_call_element *elem, gpr_timespec deadline) {
@@ -905,7 +903,7 @@ void grpc_call_set_deadline(grpc_call_element *elem, gpr_timespec deadline) {
   if (call->have_alarm) {
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Attempt to set deadline alarm twice");
   }
-  grpc_call_internal_ref(call, "alarm");
+  grpc_call_internal_ref(call);
   call->have_alarm = 1;
   grpc_alarm_init(&call->alarm, deadline, call_alarm, call, gpr_now());
 }
diff --git a/src/core/surface/call.h b/src/core/surface/call.h
index 6ed6fdf54a22cc4049d99601b6f1bc666d44b7e0..10f8dbe6c8f93cc0c829db7099ee0c3d12a966e5 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/call.h
+++ b/src/core/surface/call.h
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ typedef void (*grpc_ioreq_completion_func)(grpc_call *call,
 grpc_call *grpc_call_create(grpc_channel *channel,
                             const void *server_transport_data);
 
-void grpc_call_internal_ref(grpc_call *call, const char *reason);
-void grpc_call_internal_unref(grpc_call *call, const char *reason);
+void grpc_call_internal_ref(grpc_call *call);
+void grpc_call_internal_unref(grpc_call *call);
 
 /* Helpers for grpc_client, grpc_server filters to publish received data to
    the completion queue/surface layer */
diff --git a/src/core/surface/completion_queue.c b/src/core/surface/completion_queue.c
index 62008648207248bb93f39515ca626896fd326547..5854afbeefdf67216eab8f51a7adb1578f3e087a 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/completion_queue.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/completion_queue.c
@@ -132,26 +132,10 @@ static event *add_locked(grpc_completion_queue *cc, grpc_completion_type type,
   return ev;
 }
 
-static char *op_string(grpc_completion_type type) {
-  switch (type) {
-    case GRPC_QUEUE_SHUTDOWN: return "shutdown";
-    case GRPC_IOREQ: return "ioreq";
-    case GRPC_WRITE_ACCEPTED: return "write_accepted";
-    case GRPC_READ: return "read";
-    case GRPC_FINISH_ACCEPTED: return "finish_accepted";
-    case GRPC_CLIENT_METADATA_READ: return "client_metadata_read";
-    case GRPC_FINISHED: return "finished";
-    case GRPC_SERVER_RPC_NEW: return "rpc_new";
-    case GRPC_SERVER_SHUTDOWN: return "server_shutdown";
-    case GRPC_COMPLETION_DO_NOT_USE: return "do_not_use";
-  }
-  return "unknown";
-}
-
 void grpc_cq_begin_op(grpc_completion_queue *cc, grpc_call *call,
                       grpc_completion_type type) {
   gpr_ref(&cc->refs);
-  if (call) grpc_call_internal_ref(call, op_string(type));
+  if (call) grpc_call_internal_ref(call);
 #ifndef NDEBUG
   gpr_atm_no_barrier_fetch_add(&cc->pending_op_count[type], 1);
 #endif
@@ -404,7 +388,7 @@ void grpc_event_finish(grpc_event *base) {
   event *ev = (event *)base;
   ev->on_finish(ev->on_finish_user_data, GRPC_OP_OK);
   if (ev->base.call) {
-    grpc_call_internal_unref(ev->base.call, op_string(base->type));
+    grpc_call_internal_unref(ev->base.call);
   }
   gpr_free(ev);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/surface/server.c b/src/core/surface/server.c
index 8d31870e27c82b49aae746a1381953289d51fc49..e0f3766022fed4fe6247b84af85515afe99bdaf0 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/server.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/server.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static void publish_legacy_request(grpc_call *call, grpc_op_error status,
   grpc_server *server = chand->server;
 
   if (status == GRPC_OP_OK) {
-    grpc_call_internal_ref(call, "rpc_new");
+    grpc_call_internal_ref(call);
     grpc_cq_end_new_rpc(server->cq, tag, call, do_nothing, NULL,
                         grpc_mdstr_as_c_string(calld->path),
                         grpc_mdstr_as_c_string(calld->host), calld->deadline,