diff --git a/commonspace/config/config.go b/commonspace/config/config.go
index a8864fef..cce4b548 100644
--- a/commonspace/config/config.go
+++ b/commonspace/config/config.go
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ type ConfigGetter interface {
 type Config struct {
 	GCTTL                int  `yaml:"gcTTL"`
 	SyncPeriod           int  `yaml:"syncPeriod"`
-	SyncLogPeriod        int  `yaml:"syncLogPeriod"`
 	KeepTreeDataInMemory bool `yaml:"keepTreeDataInMemory"`
 }
diff --git a/commonspace/headsync/diffsyncer.go b/commonspace/headsync/diffsyncer.go
index 2acafa92..43528c2f 100644
--- a/commonspace/headsync/diffsyncer.go
+++ b/commonspace/headsync/diffsyncer.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type DiffSyncer interface {
 	Close() error
 }
 
+const logPeriodSecs = 200
+
 func newDiffSyncer(hs *headSync) DiffSyncer {
 	return &diffSyncer{
 		diff:               hs.diff,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ func newDiffSyncer(hs *headSync) DiffSyncer {
 		peerManager:        hs.peerManager,
 		clientFactory:      spacesyncproto.ClientFactoryFunc(spacesyncproto.NewDRPCSpaceSyncClient),
 		credentialProvider: hs.credentialProvider,
-		log:                newSyncLogger(hs.log, hs.syncLogPeriod),
+		log:                newSyncLogger(hs.log, logPeriodSecs),
 		syncStatus:         hs.syncStatus,
 		deletionState:      hs.deletionState,
 	}
diff --git a/commonspace/headsync/headsync.go b/commonspace/headsync/headsync.go
index b5477053..de6c51d4 100644
--- a/commonspace/headsync/headsync.go
+++ b/commonspace/headsync/headsync.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ type headSync struct {
 	spaceId        string
 	spaceIsDeleted *atomic.Bool
 	syncPeriod     int
-	syncLogPeriod  int
 
 	periodicSync       periodicsync.PeriodicSync
 	storage            spacestorage.SpaceStorage
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ func (h *headSync) Init(a *app.App) (err error) {
 	h.spaceId = shared.SpaceId
 	h.spaceIsDeleted = shared.SpaceIsDeleted
 	h.syncPeriod = cfg.GetSpace().SyncPeriod
-	h.syncLogPeriod = cfg.GetSpace().SyncLogPeriod
 	h.configuration = a.MustComponent(nodeconf.CName).(nodeconf.NodeConf)
 	h.log = log.With(zap.String("spaceId", h.spaceId))
 	h.storage = a.MustComponent(spacestorage.CName).(spacestorage.SpaceStorage)