diff --git a/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go b/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go
index d7b8732a2..051a5f22e 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/transform/kube/db.go
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ func (id *Database) OwnerPodInfo(pidNamespace uint32) (*kube.PodInfo, bool) {
 }
 
 func (id *Database) UpdateNewPodsByIPIndex(pod *kube.PodInfo) {
-	dblog().Debug("updating pod by IP index", "pod", pod.Name, "ips", pod.IPInfo.IPs)
 	if len(pod.IPInfo.IPs) > 0 {
 		id.podsMut.Lock()
 		defer id.podsMut.Unlock()
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ func (id *Database) UpdateNewPodsByIPIndex(pod *kube.PodInfo) {
 }
 
 func (id *Database) UpdateDeletedPodsByIPIndex(pod *kube.PodInfo) {
-	dblog().Debug("deleting pod by IP index", "pod", pod.Name, "ips", pod.IPInfo.IPs)
 	if len(pod.IPInfo.IPs) > 0 {
 		id.podsMut.Lock()
 		defer id.podsMut.Unlock()
@@ -178,7 +176,6 @@ func (id *Database) PodInfoForIP(ip string) *kube.PodInfo {
 }
 
 func (id *Database) UpdateNewServicesByIPIndex(svc *kube.ServiceInfo) {
-	dblog().Debug("updating service by IP index", "service", svc.Name, "ips", svc.IPInfo.IPs)
 	if len(svc.IPInfo.IPs) > 0 {
 		id.svcMut.Lock()
 		defer id.svcMut.Unlock()
@@ -189,7 +186,6 @@ func (id *Database) UpdateNewServicesByIPIndex(svc *kube.ServiceInfo) {
 }
 
 func (id *Database) UpdateDeletedServicesByIPIndex(svc *kube.ServiceInfo) {
-	dblog().Debug("deleting service by IP index", "service", svc.Name, "ips", svc.IPInfo.IPs)
 	if len(svc.IPInfo.IPs) > 0 {
 		id.svcMut.Lock()
 		defer id.svcMut.Unlock()
@@ -210,16 +206,13 @@ func (id *Database) HostNameForIP(ip string) string {
 	svc, ok := id.svcByIP[ip]
 	id.svcMut.RUnlock()
 	if ok {
-		dblog().Debug("found service for IP", "ip", ip, "service", svc.Name)
 		return svc.Name
 	}
 	id.podsMut.RLock()
 	pod, ok := id.podsByIP[ip]
 	id.podsMut.RUnlock()
 	if ok {
-		dblog().Debug("found pod for IP", "ip", ip, "pod", pod.Name)
 		return pod.Name
 	}
-	dblog().Debug("no service or pod found for IP", "ip", ip)
 	return ""
 }
diff --git a/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go b/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
index 5eb6520a3..8b4277738 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package transform
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ func NameResolutionProvider(ctxInfo *global.ContextInfo, cfg *NameResolverConfig
 	}
 }
 
-func log() *slog.Logger {
-	return slog.With("component", "transform.NameResolver")
-}
-
 func nameResolver(ctxInfo *global.ContextInfo, cfg *NameResolverConfig) (pipe.MiddleFunc[[]request.Span, []request.Span], error) {
 	nr := NameResolver{
 		cfg:   cfg,
@@ -83,11 +78,9 @@ func (nr *NameResolver) resolveNames(span *request.Span) {
 	if span.IsClientSpan() {
 		hn, span.OtherNamespace = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Host)
 		pn, _ = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Peer)
-		log().Debug("resolved client span", "service", span.ServiceID.Name, "pn", pn, "hn", hn, "host", span.Host)
 	} else {
 		pn, span.OtherNamespace = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Peer)
 		hn, _ = nr.resolve(&span.ServiceID, span.Host)
-		log().Debug("resolved server span", "service", span.ServiceID.Name, "pn", pn, "hn", hn, "peer", span.Peer)
 	}
 	// don't set names if the peer and host names have been already decorated
 	// in a previous stage (e.g. Kubernetes decorator)
@@ -172,10 +165,7 @@ func (nr *NameResolver) resolveFromK8s(ip string) (string, string) {
 }
 
 func (nr *NameResolver) resolveIP(ip string) string {
-	log().Debug("Performing DNS lookup for IP", "ip", ip)
-
 	if host, ok := nr.cache.Get(ip); ok {
-		log().Debug("Cache hit for IP", "ip", ip, "hostname", host)
 		return host
 	}
 
@@ -183,18 +173,15 @@ func (nr *NameResolver) resolveIP(ip string) string {
 	addr, err := r.LookupAddr(context.Background(), ip)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		log().Error("Failed to perform DNS lookup", "ip", ip, "error", err)
 		nr.cache.Add(ip, ip)
 		return ip
 	}
 
 	for _, a := range addr {
-		log().Debug("Resolved IP to hostname", "ip", ip, "hostname", a)
 		nr.cache.Add(ip, a)
 		return a
 	}
 
-	log().Warn("No hostname found for IP", "ip", ip)
 	nr.cache.Add(ip, ip)
 	return ip
 }