diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index b0316603..43c9eb51 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     const startListening = (cs, ep) => {
       this._startTimer();
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && !this.listenDuringPrompt) {
-               this.logger.debug("started listeting1");
         this._initSpeech(cs, ep)
           .then(() => {
             this._startTranscribing(ep);
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
           this.logger.debug('Gather: say task completed');
           if (!this.killed) {
             if (this.listenAfterSpeech === true) {
-                     this.logger.debug("started listeting2");
               startListening(cs, ep);
             } else {
               this.notifyTaskDone();
@@ -132,7 +130,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       else startListening(cs, ep);
 
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && this.listenDuringPrompt) {
-          this.logger.debug("started listeting3");
           await this._initSpeech(cs, ep);
           this._startTranscribing(ep);
           updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)