diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/SpringDecoder.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/SpringDecoder.java
index b3bbca57..b4723ec5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/SpringDecoder.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/SpringDecoder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign;
 
+import static org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.FeignUtils.getHttpHeaders;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
@@ -23,7 +25,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
 import javax.inject.Provider;
 
-import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
@@ -36,12 +37,9 @@ import feign.Response;
 import feign.codec.DecodeException;
 import feign.codec.Decoder;
 
-import static org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.FeignUtils.getHttpHeaders;
-
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
-@CommonsLog
 public class SpringDecoder implements Decoder {
 
 	@Autowired
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ public class SpringDecoder implements Decoder {
 				this.response.body().close();
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
-				log.error("Error closing response body", ex);
+				// Ignore exception on close...
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/post/SendResponseFilter.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/post/SendResponseFilter.java
index 79f76165..07293fbe 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/post/SendResponseFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/post/SendResponseFilter.java
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ import com.netflix.zuul.ZuulFilter;
 import com.netflix.zuul.constants.ZuulConstants;
 import com.netflix.zuul.constants.ZuulHeaders;
 import com.netflix.zuul.context.RequestContext;
-import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
-@CommonsLog
 public class SendResponseFilter extends ZuulFilter {
 
 	private static DynamicBooleanProperty INCLUDE_DEBUG_HEADER = DynamicPropertyFactory
@@ -149,17 +147,12 @@ public class SendResponseFilter extends ZuulFilter {
 		byte[] bytes = new byte[INITIAL_STREAM_BUFFER_SIZE.get()];
 		int bytesRead = -1;
 		while ((bytesRead = zin.read(bytes)) != -1) {
-			// TODO
-			// if (Debug.debugRequest() && !Debug.debugRequestHeadersOnly()) {
-			// Debug.addRequestDebug("OUTBOUND: <  " + new String(bytes, 0, bytesRead));
-			// }
 			try {
 				out.write(bytes, 0, bytesRead);
 				out.flush();
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
 				// ignore
-				log.debug("Error writing response", ex);
 			}
 			// doubles buffer size if previous read filled it
 			if (bytesRead == bytes.length) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/netflix/hystrix/amqp/HystrixStreamTask.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/netflix/hystrix/amqp/HystrixStreamTask.java
index 487a1d64..077daa3f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/netflix/hystrix/amqp/HystrixStreamTask.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/netflix/hystrix/amqp/HystrixStreamTask.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 
 import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
+
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonFactory;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
@@ -77,21 +78,23 @@ public class HystrixStreamTask implements ApplicationContextAware {
 		this.jsonMetrics.drainTo(metrics);
 
 		if (!metrics.isEmpty()) {
-			log.trace("sending amqp metrics size: " + metrics.size());
+			if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+				log.trace("sending amqp metrics size: " + metrics.size());
+			}
 			for (String json : metrics) {
 				// TODO: batch all metrics to one message
 				try {
 					this.channel.send(json);
 				}
 				catch (Exception ex) {
-					log.error("Error sending json to channel", ex);
+					if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+						log.trace("failed sending amqp metrics: " + ex.getMessage());
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// @InboundChannelAdapter()
-	// TODO: move fixedRate to configuration
 	@Scheduled(fixedRateString = "${hystrix.stream.amqp.gatherRate:500}")
 	public void gatherMetrics() {
 		try {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/hystrix/dashboard/HystrixDashboardConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/hystrix/dashboard/HystrixDashboardConfiguration.java
index ad96ad0a..4a169e88 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/hystrix/dashboard/HystrixDashboardConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/hystrix/dashboard/HystrixDashboardConfiguration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
+
 import org.apache.http.Header;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer;
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 @Configuration
-@CommonsLog
 public class HystrixDashboardConfiguration {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_LOADER_PATH = "classpath:/templates/";
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class HystrixDashboardConfiguration {
 						is.close();
 					}
 					catch (Exception ex) {
-						log.debug("Error closing input stream", ex);
+						// ignore errors on close
 					}
 				}
 			}