diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
index 21c89cc3c8d4..7bfda0184096 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ public final class OzoneConfigKeys {
       "dfs.container.ratis.ipc.random.port";
   public static final boolean DFS_CONTAINER_RATIS_IPC_RANDOM_PORT_DEFAULT =
       false;
-  public static final String OZONE_TRACE_ENABLED_KEY =
-      "ozone.trace.enabled";
-  public static final boolean OZONE_TRACE_ENABLED_DEFAULT = false;
 
   public static final String OZONE_METADATA_STORE_ROCKSDB_STATISTICS =
       "ozone.metastore.rocksdb.statistics";
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index c166e534d584..094fbff16da7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -1287,15 +1287,6 @@
       see ozone.scm.heartbeat.thread.interval before changing this value.
     </description>
   </property>
-  <property>
-    <name>ozone.trace.enabled</name>
-    <value>false</value>
-    <tag>OZONE, DEBUG</tag>
-    <description>
-      Setting this flag to true dumps the HTTP request/ response in
-      the logs. Very useful when debugging REST protocol.
-    </description>
-  </property>
 
   <property>
     <name>ozone.key.preallocation.max.blocks</name>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
index 79f0a0937450..c9fa668445dd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
@@ -218,10 +218,6 @@ public static void setLogLevel(org.slf4j.Logger logger,
     setLogLevel(toLog4j(logger), Level.toLevel(level.toString()));
   }
 
-  public static void setRootLogLevel(org.slf4j.event.Level level) {
-    setLogLevel(LogManager.getRootLogger(), Level.toLevel(level.toString()));
-  }
-
   public static <T> T mockFieldReflection(Object object, String fieldName)
           throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
     Field field = object.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/TestStorageContainerManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/TestStorageContainerManager.java
index cf43ffcc22f3..90f64f2ec870 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/TestStorageContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/TestStorageContainerManager.java
@@ -832,7 +832,6 @@ public void testCloseContainerCommandOnRestart() throws Exception {
     MiniOzoneCluster cluster = MiniOzoneCluster.newBuilder(conf)
         .setHbInterval(1000)
         .setHbProcessorInterval(3000)
-        .setTrace(false)
         .setNumDatanodes(1)
         .build();
     cluster.waitForClusterToBeReady();
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java
index 458a0ca891fd..a6d5d963734d 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ abstract class Builder {
     protected int numOfActiveSCMs = ACTIVE_SCMS_NOT_SET;
     protected SCMConfigurator scmConfigurator;
 
-    protected Optional<Boolean> enableTrace = Optional.of(false);
     protected Optional<Integer> hbInterval = Optional.empty();
     protected Optional<Integer> hbProcessorInterval = Optional.empty();
     protected Optional<String> scmId = Optional.empty();
@@ -503,18 +502,6 @@ public Builder setHbProcessorInterval(int val) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * When set to true, enables trace level logging.
-     *
-     * @param trace true or false
-     *
-     * @return MiniOzoneCluster.Builder
-     */
-    public Builder setTrace(Boolean trace) {
-      enableTrace = Optional.of(trace);
-      return this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the reserved space
      * {@link org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneClusterImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneClusterImpl.java
index 24a3ff84f1cf..67c35ca0a1a1 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneClusterImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneClusterImpl.java
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 import org.hadoop.ozone.recon.codegen.ReconSqlDbConfig;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
 /**
  * MiniOzoneCluster creates a complete in-process Ozone cluster suitable for
@@ -722,7 +721,6 @@ protected void initializeConfiguration() throws IOException {
       // pipeline.
       conf.setInt(HddsConfigKeys.HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODE,
           numOfDatanodes >= 3 ? 3 : 1);
-      configureTrace();
     }
 
     void removeConfiguration() {
@@ -967,15 +965,6 @@ protected void configureDatanodePorts(ConfigurationTarget conf) {
       conf.setFromObject(new ReplicationConfig().setPort(getFreePort()));
     }
 
-    private void configureTrace() {
-      if (enableTrace.isPresent()) {
-        conf.setBoolean(OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_TRACE_ENABLED_KEY,
-            enableTrace.get());
-        GenericTestUtils.setRootLogLevel(Level.TRACE);
-      }
-      GenericTestUtils.setRootLogLevel(Level.INFO);
-    }
-
     protected void configureRecon() throws IOException {
       ConfigurationProvider.resetConfiguration();