diff --git a/changelog.d/5287.misc b/changelog.d/5287.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1286f1dd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5287.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove spurious debug from MatrixFederationHttpClient.get_json.
diff --git a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
index 7eefc7b1fc..8197619a78 100644
--- a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
+++ b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
@@ -711,10 +711,6 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient(object):
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.
         """
-        logger.debug("get_json args: %s", args)
-
-        logger.debug("Query bytes: %s Retry DNS: %s", args, retry_on_dns_fail)
-
         request = MatrixFederationRequest(
             method="GET",
             destination=destination,