diff --git a/src/client/common/persistentState.ts b/src/client/common/persistentState.ts
index ea86b2e145ba..e82299bfc670 100644
--- a/src/client/common/persistentState.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/persistentState.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { inject, injectable, named } from 'inversify';
 import { Memento } from 'vscode';
 import { IExtensionSingleActivationService } from '../activation/types';
-import { traceError, traceVerbose, traceWarn } from '../logging';
+import { traceError } from '../logging';
 import { ICommandManager } from './application/types';
 import { Commands } from './constants';
 import {
@@ -92,12 +92,8 @@ export class PersistentState<T> implements IPersistentState<T> {
                 // Due to a VSCode bug sometimes the changes are not reflected in the storage, atleast not immediately.
                 // It is noticed however that if we reset the storage first and then update it, it works.
                 // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/171827
-                traceVerbose('Storage update failed for key', this.key, ' retrying by resetting first');
                 await this.updateValue(undefined as any, false);
                 await this.updateValue(newValue, false);
-                if (JSON.stringify(this.value) != JSON.stringify(newValue)) {
-                    traceWarn('Retry failed, storage update failed for key', this.key);
-                }
             }
         } catch (ex) {
             traceError('Error while updating storage for key:', this.key, ex);
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/fsWatchingLocator.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/fsWatchingLocator.ts
index 7565913f0a72..71bd30f7cfdc 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/fsWatchingLocator.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/fsWatchingLocator.ts
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ export abstract class FSWatchingLocator extends LazyResourceBasedLocator {
         }
 
         // Start the FS watchers.
-        traceVerbose('Getting roots');
         let roots = await this.getRoots();
-        traceVerbose('Found roots');
         if (typeof roots === 'string') {
             roots = [roots];
         }
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/creation/installedPackagesDiagnostic.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/creation/installedPackagesDiagnostic.ts
index a46a32ce8276..0a96ff088014 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/creation/installedPackagesDiagnostic.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/creation/installedPackagesDiagnostic.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ async function setContextForActiveEditor(diagnosticCollection: DiagnosticCollect
     }
 
     // undefined here in the logs means no file was selected
-    traceVerbose(`Clearing context for python dependencies not installed: ${doc?.uri.fsPath}`);
     await executeCommand('setContext', DEPS_NOT_INSTALLED_KEY, false);
 }