diff --git a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/connection_manager.rs b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/connection_manager.rs
index 191bb8b4..7686425f 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/connection_manager.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/connection_manager.rs
@@ -185,11 +185,6 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                 // Connection already exists
                 let desc = conn.connection_descriptor();
                 let _ = inner.sender.send(ConnectionManagerEvent::Dead(conn));
-                // xxx remove this
-                panic!(
-                    "connection already exists: {:?}  connection_table: {:#?}",
-                    desc, self.arc.connection_table
-                );
                 return Ok(NetworkResult::no_connection_other(format!(
                     "connection already exists: {:?}",
                     desc
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs
index 3e97582e..f9090069 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs
@@ -1314,14 +1314,14 @@ impl NetworkManager {
     ) -> SendPinBoxFuture<EyreResult<NetworkResult<SendDataKind>>> {
         let this = self.clone();
         Box::pin(async move {
-            info!("{}", format!("send_data to: {:?}", node_ref).red());
+            // info!("{}", format!("send_data to: {:?}", node_ref).red());
 
             // First try to send data to the last socket we've seen this peer on
             let data = if let Some(connection_descriptor) = node_ref.last_connection() {
-                info!(
-                    "{}",
-                    format!("last_connection to: {:?}", connection_descriptor).red()
-                );
+                // info!(
+                //     "{}",
+                //     format!("last_connection to: {:?}", connection_descriptor).red()
+                // );
 
                 match this
                     .net()
@@ -1329,11 +1329,11 @@ impl NetworkManager {
                     .await?
                 {
                     None => {
-                        info!(
-                            "{}",
-                            format!("sent to existing connection: {:?}", connection_descriptor)
-                                .red()
-                        );
+                        // info!(
+                        //     "{}",
+                        //     format!("sent to existing connection: {:?}", connection_descriptor)
+                        //         .red()
+                        // );
 
                         // Update timestamp for this last connection since we just sent to it
                         node_ref.set_last_connection(connection_descriptor, intf::get_timestamp());
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ impl NetworkManager {
                 data
             };
 
-            info!("{}", "no existing connection".red());
+            // info!("{}", "no existing connection".red());
 
             // If we don't have last_connection, try to reach out to the peer via its dial info
             let contact_method = this.get_contact_method(node_ref.clone());