diff --git a/src/applications/metamta/daemon/mta/PhabricatorMetaMTADaemon.php b/src/applications/metamta/daemon/mta/PhabricatorMetaMTADaemon.php
index 4058924a27..43f2c8fc4f 100644
--- a/src/applications/metamta/daemon/mta/PhabricatorMetaMTADaemon.php
+++ b/src/applications/metamta/daemon/mta/PhabricatorMetaMTADaemon.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class PhabricatorMetaMTADaemon extends PhabricatorDaemon {
         time());
       foreach ($mail as $message) {
         $message->sendNow();
-        echo ".";
       }
       $this->sleep(1);
     } while (true);
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/garbagecollector/PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/garbagecollector/PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon.php
index 4faad2c859..641a48651a 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/garbagecollector/PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/garbagecollector/PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon.php
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ class PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon extends PhabricatorDaemon {
       $collected = array_filter($collected);
 
       foreach ($collected as $thing => $count) {
+        if ($thing == 'Daemon Log' && !$this->getTraceMode()) {
+          continue;
+        }
         $count = number_format($count);
         echo "Garbage collected {$count} '{$thing}' objects.\n";
       }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/irc/bot/PhabricatorIRCBot.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/irc/bot/PhabricatorIRCBot.php
index ae2b394133..be1c529791 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/irc/bot/PhabricatorIRCBot.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/irc/bot/PhabricatorIRCBot.php
@@ -236,9 +236,11 @@ final class PhabricatorIRCBot extends PhabricatorDaemon {
   }
 
   private function debugLog($is_read, $message) {
-    echo $is_read ? '<<< ' : '>>> ';
-    echo addcslashes($message, "\0..\37\177..\377");
-    echo "\n";
+    if ($this->getTraceMode()) {
+      echo $is_read ? '<<< ' : '>>> ';
+      echo addcslashes($message, "\0..\37\177..\377");
+      echo "\n";
+    }
   }
 
   public function getConduit() {