diff --git a/lib/bouncer/backends/v0/query.go b/lib/bouncer/backends/v0/query.go
index 8f585329c5678430d197f5d847f7d0db2f669fe4..ebd466d24c5c45f8d4871951a20de18e6716ef45 100644
--- a/lib/bouncer/backends/v0/query.go
+++ b/lib/bouncer/backends/v0/query.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package backends
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gfx.cafe/gfx/pggat/lib/fed"
@@ -174,19 +173,12 @@ func sync(ctx *context) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	var i int
 	for {
-		i++
-
 		err := ctx.ServerRead()
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 
-		if i > 100000 {
-			log.Printf("long sync, packet %c", ctx.Packet.Type())
-		}
-
 		switch ctx.Packet.Type() {
 		case packets.TypeParseComplete,
 			packets.TypeBindComplete,