diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/tfa98xx.c b/sound/soc/codecs/tfa98xx.c
index ad2b243ea10c..254ecf4c512e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tfa98xx.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tfa98xx.c
@@ -226,23 +226,9 @@ static enum tfa_error tfa98xx_write_re25(struct tfa_device *tfa, int value)
 static enum tfa_error tfa98xx_tfa_start(struct tfa98xx *tfa98xx, int next_profile, int vstep)
 {
 	enum tfa_error err;
-	ktime_t start_time, stop_time;
-	u64 delta_time;
-
-	if (trace_level & 8) {
-		start_time = ktime_get_boottime();
-	}
 
 	err = tfa_dev_start(tfa98xx->tfa, next_profile, vstep);
 
-	if (trace_level & 8) {
-		stop_time = ktime_get_boottime();
-		delta_time = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(stop_time, start_time));
-		do_div(delta_time, 1000);
-		dev_dbg(&tfa98xx->i2c->dev, "tfa_dev_start(%d,%d) time = %lld us\n",
-		        next_profile, vstep, delta_time);
-	}
-
 	if ((err == tfa_error_ok) && (tfa98xx->set_mtp_cal)) {
 		enum tfa_error err_cal;
 		err_cal = tfa98xx_write_re25(tfa98xx->tfa, tfa98xx->cal_data);