diff --git a/comms/src/connection_manager/listener.rs b/comms/src/connection_manager/listener.rs
index 08bbe808b6..260a359fe4 100644
--- a/comms/src/connection_manager/listener.rs
+++ b/comms/src/connection_manager/listener.rs
@@ -317,13 +317,11 @@ where
                     }
                 },
                 Err(err) => {
-                    let public_key = Self::remote_public_key_from_socket(socket, noise_config).await;
                     warn!(
                         target: LOG_TARGET,
-                        "Peer at address '{}' ({}) failed to send its wire format . Expected network byte {:x?} or \
-                         liveness byte {:x?} not received. Error: {}",
+                        "Peer at address '{}' failed to send its wire format. Expected network byte {:x?} or liveness \
+                        byte {:x?} not received. Error: {}",
                         peer_addr,
-                        public_key,
                         config.network_info.network_byte,
                         LIVENESS_WIRE_MODE,
                         err