diff --git a/lib/client/client.js b/lib/client/client.js
index 4439b96..5ee6090 100644
--- a/lib/client/client.js
+++ b/lib/client/client.js
@@ -716,12 +716,12 @@ Client.prototype.starttls = function starttls (options,
          */
         secure.removeAllListeners('error')
         secure.on('data', function onData (data) {
-          if (self.log.trace()) { self.log.trace('data event: %s', util.inspect(data)) }
+          self.log.trace('data event: %s', util.inspect(data))
 
           self._tracker.parser.write(data)
         })
         secure.on('error', function (err) {
-          if (self.log.trace()) { self.log.trace({ err: err }, 'error event: %s', new Error().stack) }
+          self.log.trace({ err: err }, 'error event: %s', new Error().stack)
 
           self.emit('error', err)
           sock.destroy()
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ Client.prototype.connect = function connect () {
     }
 
     socket.on('data', function onData (data) {
-      if (log.trace) { log.trace('data event: %s', util.inspect(data)) }
+      log.trace('data event: %s', util.inspect(data))
 
       tracker.parser.write(data)
     })
@@ -955,19 +955,19 @@ Client.prototype.connect = function connect () {
     ((socket.socket) ? socket.socket : socket).once('close',
       self._onClose.bind(self))
     socket.on('end', function onEnd () {
-      if (log.trace()) { log.trace('end event') }
+      log.trace('end event')
 
       self.emit('end')
       socket.end()
     })
     socket.on('error', function onSocketError (err) {
-      if (log.trace()) { log.trace({ err: err }, 'error event: %s', new Error().stack) }
+      log.trace({ err: err }, 'error event: %s', new Error().stack)
 
       self.emit('error', err)
       socket.destroy()
     })
     socket.on('timeout', function onTimeout () {
-      if (log.trace()) { log.trace('timeout event') }
+      log.trace('timeout event')
 
       self.emit('socketTimeout')
       socket.end()
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ Client.prototype._onClose = function _onClose (closeError) {
 
   ((socket.socket) ? socket.socket : socket).removeAllListeners('close')
 
-  if (this.log.trace()) { this.log.trace('close event had_err=%s', closeError ? 'yes' : 'no') }
+  this.log.trace('close event had_err=%s', closeError ? 'yes' : 'no')
 
   this.emit('close', closeError)
   // On close we have to walk the outstanding messages and go invoke their
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ Client.prototype._sendSocket = function _sendSocket (message,
   function messageCallback (msg) {
     if (timer) { clearTimeout(timer) }
 
-    if (log.trace()) { log.trace({ msg: msg ? msg.json : null }, 'response received') }
+    log.trace({ msg: msg ? msg.json : null }, 'response received')
 
     if (expect === 'abandon') { return sendResult('end', null) }
 
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ Client.prototype._sendSocket = function _sendSocket (message,
     timer = setTimeout(onRequestTimeout, self.timeout)
   }
 
-  if (log.trace()) { log.trace('sending request %j', message.json) }
+  log.trace('sending request %j', message.json)
 
   try {
     return conn.write(message.toBer(), writeCallback)
diff --git a/lib/messages/message.js b/lib/messages/message.js
index 8a8c6b1..d2c2a1f 100644
--- a/lib/messages/message.js
+++ b/lib/messages/message.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ LDAPMessage.prototype.toString = function () {
 LDAPMessage.prototype.parse = function (ber) {
   assert.ok(ber)
 
-  if (this.log.trace()) { this.log.trace('parse: data=%s', util.inspect(ber.buffer)) }
+  this.log.trace('parse: data=%s', util.inspect(ber.buffer))
 
   // Delegate off to the specific type to parse
   this._parse(ber, ber.length)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ LDAPMessage.prototype.parse = function (ber) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (this.log.trace()) { this.log.trace('Parsing done: %j', this.json) }
+  this.log.trace('Parsing done: %j', this.json)
   return true
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/messages/result.js b/lib/messages/result.js
index d5a2d07..2739ab4 100644
--- a/lib/messages/result.js
+++ b/lib/messages/result.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ LDAPResult.prototype.end = function (status) {
   if (typeof (status) === 'number') { this.status = status }
 
   const ber = this.toBer()
-  if (this.log.debug()) { this.log.debug('%s: sending:  %j', this.connection.ldap.id, this.json) }
+  this.log.debug('%s: sending:  %j', this.connection.ldap.id, this.json)
 
   try {
     const self = this
diff --git a/lib/messages/search_response.js b/lib/messages/search_response.js
index 3a0d95d..bac7ab8 100644
--- a/lib/messages/search_response.js
+++ b/lib/messages/search_response.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ SearchResponse.prototype.send = function (entry, nofiltering) {
   }
 
   try {
-    if (this.log.debug) { this.log.debug('%s: sending:  %j', this.connection.ldap.id, entry.json) }
+    this.log.debug('%s: sending:  %j', this.connection.ldap.id, entry.json)
 
     this.connection.write(entry.toBer())
     this.sentEntries++
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 1c4345c..190dede 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ function Server (options) {
       req.logId = c.ldap.id + '::' + req.messageID
       req.startTime = new Date().getTime()
 
-      if (log.debug()) { log.debug('%s: message received: req=%j', c.ldap.id, req.json) }
+      log.debug('%s: message received: req=%j', c.ldap.id, req.json)
 
       const res = getResponse(req)
       if (!res) {
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ function Server (options) {
     })
 
     c.on('data', function (data) {
-      if (log.trace()) { log.trace('data on %s: %s', c.ldap.id, util.inspect(data)) }
+      log.trace('data on %s: %s', c.ldap.id, util.inspect(data))
 
       c.parser.write(data)
     })