diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2
index ea2d955121..2ab3f2a626 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 	maxThreads = 100
 	maxQueued = 200
 	requestLog = true
+[tracing]
+	performanceLogging = false
 [cache]
 	directory = cache
 [cache "accounts"]