diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/WorkerConnector.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/WorkerConnector.java
index 8ec93cfe370be..7923943d121f7 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/WorkerConnector.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/WorkerConnector.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public WorkerConnector(String connName,
     public void initialize(ConnectorConfig connectorConfig) {
         try {
             this.config = connectorConfig.originalsStrings();
-            log.debug("{} Initializing connector {} with config {}", this, connName, config);
+            log.debug("{} Initializing connector {}", this, connName);
             if (isSinkConnector()) {
                 SinkConnectorConfig.validate(config);
             }