diff --git a/ceilometer/pipeline.py b/ceilometer/pipeline.py
index fc9eeb37b..6126798bc 100644
--- a/ceilometer/pipeline.py
+++ b/ceilometer/pipeline.py
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ class Sink(object):
                 transformed_samples.append(sample)
 
         if transformed_samples:
-            LOG.audit(_("Pipeline %s: Publishing samples"), self)
             for p in self.publishers:
                 try:
                     p.publish_samples(ctxt, transformed_samples)
@@ -312,7 +311,6 @@ class Sink(object):
                         "Pipeline %(pipeline)s: Continue after error "
                         "from publisher %(pub)s") % ({'pipeline': self,
                                                       'pub': p}))
-            LOG.audit(_("Pipeline %s: Published samples") % self)
 
     def publish_samples(self, ctxt, samples):
         for meter_name, samples in itertools.groupby(
diff --git a/ceilometer/publisher/rpc.py b/ceilometer/publisher/rpc.py
index 517580975..f62cb4f04 100644
--- a/ceilometer/publisher/rpc.py
+++ b/ceilometer/publisher/rpc.py
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ class RPCPublisher(publisher.PublisherBase):
         ]
 
         topic = cfg.CONF.publisher_rpc.metering_topic
-        LOG.audit(_('Publishing %(m)d samples on %(t)s') % (
-            {'m': len(meters), 't': topic}))
         self.local_queue.append((context, topic, meters))
 
         if self.per_meter_topic: