diff --git a/swarm/storage/memstore.go b/swarm/storage/memstore.go
index 7266bc92be..cf306550f4 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/memstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/memstore.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
 )
 
@@ -55,7 +54,8 @@ func NewMemStore(params *StoreParams, _ *LDBStore) (m *MemStore) {
 	}
 
 	requestEvicted := func(key interface{}, value interface{}) {
-		log.Error("evict called on outgoing request")
+		// temporary remove of the error log, until we figure out the problem, as it is too spamy
+		//log.Error("evict called on outgoing request")
 	}
 	r, err := lru.NewWithEvict(int(params.ChunkRequestsCacheCapacity), requestEvicted)
 	if err != nil {