diff --git a/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go b/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go
index 12a04d4b..e87f0063 100644
--- a/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go
+++ b/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (oq *destinationQueue) backgroundSend() {
 			// The worker is idle so stop the goroutine. It'll get
 			// restarted automatically the next time we have an event to
 			// send.
-			log.Debugf("Queue %q has been idle for %s, going to sleep", oq.destination, queueIdleTimeout)
+			log.Tracef("Queue %q has been idle for %s, going to sleep", oq.destination, queueIdleTimeout)
 			return
 		}