diff --git a/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/client/HttpClientV2Impl.scala b/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/client/HttpClientV2Impl.scala
index 3ebb4c63..cf8bb327 100644
--- a/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/client/HttpClientV2Impl.scala
+++ b/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/client/HttpClientV2Impl.scala
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ final class RequestBuilderImpl(
   override def withBody[B : BodyWritable : TypeTag](body: B): RequestBuilderImpl = {
     val hookDataP      = Promise[Body[Option[HookData]]]()
     val maxBodyLength  = config.get[Int]("http-verbs.auditing.maxBodyLength")
-    val loggingContext = s"outgoing ${request.method} ${request.url} request"
     transform { req =>
       val req2 = req.withBody(body)
       req2.body match {
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ final class RequestBuilderImpl(
                                       case (IsMap(m), _                                        ) => hookDataP.success(Body.Complete(Some(HookData.FromMap(m))))
                                       case (_       , Some("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")) => hookDataP.success(Body.Complete(Some(HookData.FromMap(FormUrlEncodedParser.parse(bytes.utf8String)))))
                                       case _                                                     => val body =
-                                                                                                      BodyCaptor.bodyUpto(bytes, maxBodyLength, loggingContext, isStream = false)
+                                                                                                      BodyCaptor.bodyUpto(bytes, maxBodyLength, isStream = false)
                                                                                                     hookDataP.success(body.map(bytes => Some(HookData.FromString(bytes.utf8String))))
                                     }
                                     req2
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ final class RequestBuilderImpl(
                                       source
                                         .alsoTo(
                                           BodyCaptor.sink(
-                                            loggingContext   = loggingContext,
                                             maxBodyLength    = maxBodyLength,
                                             withCapturedBody = body => hookDataP.success(body.map(bytes => Some(HookData.FromString(bytes.utf8String))))
                                           )
@@ -235,7 +233,6 @@ class ExecutorImpl(
   )(implicit ec: ExecutionContext
   ): (Future[HttpResponse], Future[ResponseData]) = {
     val auditResponseF = Promise[ResponseData]()
-    val loggingContext = s"outgoing ${request.method} ${request.url} response"
 
     // play returns scala.collection, but default for Scala 2.13 is scala.collection.immutable
     def forScala2_13(m: scala.collection.Map[String, scala.collection.Seq[String]]): Map[String, Seq[String]] =
@@ -252,7 +249,6 @@ class ExecutorImpl(
             response.bodyAsSource
               .alsoTo(
                 BodyCaptor.sink(
-                  loggingContext   = loggingContext,
                   maxBodyLength    = maxBodyLength,
                   withCapturedBody = body => auditResponseF.success(ResponseData(
                                                body    = body.map(_.utf8String),
@@ -272,7 +268,7 @@ class ExecutorImpl(
         } else {
           auditResponseF.success(ResponseData(
             body    = BodyCaptor
-                        .bodyUpto(ByteString(response.body), maxBodyLength, loggingContext, isStream = false)
+                        .bodyUpto(ByteString(response.body), maxBodyLength, isStream = false)
                         .map(_.utf8String),
             status  = response.status,
             headers = headers
diff --git a/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/hooks/HttpHook.scala b/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/hooks/HttpHook.scala
index 5d4ec3e4..86e70ef0 100644
--- a/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/hooks/HttpHook.scala
+++ b/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/http/hooks/HttpHook.scala
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import uk.gov.hmrc.http.{HeaderCarrier, HttpResponse}
 
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 
-// TODO requires major version change of http-verbs/play-auditing/bootstrap-play
-
 trait HttpHook {
   def apply(
     verb     : String,
diff --git a/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/play/http/BodyCaptor.scala b/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/play/http/BodyCaptor.scala
index 57d8d4f8..c1f1b277 100644
--- a/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/play/http/BodyCaptor.scala
+++ b/http-verbs-common/src/main/scala/uk/gov/hmrc/play/http/BodyCaptor.scala
@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@ import akka.stream.{Attributes, FlowShape, Inlet, Outlet}
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.{Flow, Sink}
 import akka.stream.stage._
 import akka.util.ByteString
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import uk.gov.hmrc.http.hooks.Body
 
 // based on play.filters.csrf.CSRFAction#BodyHandler
 
 private class BodyCaptorFlow(
-  loggingContext  : String,
   maxBodyLength   : Int,
   withCapturedBody: Body[ByteString] => Unit
 ) extends GraphStage[FlowShape[ByteString, ByteString]] {
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ private class BodyCaptorFlow(
           }
 
           override def onUpstreamFinish(): Unit = {
-            withCapturedBody(BodyCaptor.bodyUpto(buffer, maxBodyLength, loggingContext, isStream = true))
+            withCapturedBody(BodyCaptor.bodyUpto(buffer, maxBodyLength, isStream = true))
             completeStage()
           }
         }
@@ -62,33 +60,25 @@ private class BodyCaptorFlow(
 }
 
 object BodyCaptor {
-  private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass)
-
   def flow(
-    loggingContext  : String,
     maxBodyLength   : Int,
     withCapturedBody: Body[ByteString] => Unit // provide a callback since a Materialized value would be not be available until the flow has been run
   ): Flow[ByteString, ByteString, akka.NotUsed] =
     Flow.fromGraph(new BodyCaptorFlow(
-      loggingContext   = loggingContext,
       maxBodyLength    = maxBodyLength,
       withCapturedBody = withCapturedBody
     ))
 
   def sink(
-    loggingContext  : String,
     maxBodyLength   : Int,
     withCapturedBody: Body[ByteString] => Unit
   ): Sink[ByteString, akka.NotUsed] =
-    flow(loggingContext, maxBodyLength, withCapturedBody)
+    flow(maxBodyLength, withCapturedBody)
       .to(Sink.ignore)
 
-  def bodyUpto(body: ByteString, maxBodyLength: Int, loggingContext: String, isStream: Boolean): Body[ByteString] =
-    if (body.length > maxBodyLength) {
-      logger.warn(
-        s"$loggingContext ${if (isStream) "streamed body" else "body " + body.length} exceeds maxLength $maxBodyLength - truncating for audit"
-      )
+  def bodyUpto(body: ByteString, maxBodyLength: Int, isStream: Boolean): Body[ByteString] =
+    if (body.length > maxBodyLength)
       Body.Truncated(body.take(maxBodyLength))
-    } else
+    else
       Body.Complete(body)
 }