diff --git a/metrics/src/metrics.rs b/metrics/src/metrics.rs
index 73ab695dd3..e245ad70ac 100644
--- a/metrics/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/metrics/src/metrics.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ impl MetricsAgent {
     }
 
     pub fn submit(&self, mut point: influxdb::Point, level: log::Level) {
-        point.add_tag("host_id", influxdb::Value::String(HOST_ID.to_string()));
         if point.timestamp.is_none() {
             point.timestamp = Some(timing::timestamp() as i64);
         }
diff --git a/programs/vote_api/src/vote_instruction.rs b/programs/vote_api/src/vote_instruction.rs
index a4601bb4fc..e23cf48dc8 100644
--- a/programs/vote_api/src/vote_instruction.rs
+++ b/programs/vote_api/src/vote_instruction.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ pub fn process_instruction(
     keyed_accounts: &mut [KeyedAccount],
     data: &[u8],
 ) -> Result<(), InstructionError> {
-    solana_logger::setup();
+    solana_logger::setup_with_filter("solana=warn");
 
     trace!("process_instruction: {:?}", data);
     trace!("keyed_accounts: {:?}", keyed_accounts);