diff --git a/src/shared/mgmt.c b/src/shared/mgmt.c
index cf518cc..4d7b64f 100644
--- a/src/shared/mgmt.c
+++ b/src/shared/mgmt.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ struct mgmt {
 	mgmt_debug_func_t debug_callback;
 	mgmt_destroy_func_t debug_destroy;
 	void *debug_data;
-	bool verbose;
 };
 
 struct mgmt_request {
@@ -193,15 +192,6 @@ static void mgmt_log(struct mgmt *mgmt, const char *format, ...)
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 
-static void mgmt_hexdump(struct mgmt *mgmt, char dir, const void *data,
-							size_t len)
-{
-	if (!mgmt->verbose)
-		return;
-
-	util_hexdump(dir, data, len, mgmt->debug_callback, mgmt->debug_data);
-}
-
 static bool send_request(struct mgmt *mgmt, struct mgmt_request *request)
 {
 	struct iovec iov;
@@ -229,8 +219,6 @@ static bool send_request(struct mgmt *mgmt, struct mgmt_request *request)
 
 	DBG(mgmt, "[0x%04x] command 0x%04x", request->index, request->opcode);
 
-	mgmt_hexdump(mgmt, '<', request->buf, ret);
-
 	queue_push_tail(mgmt->pending_list, request);
 
 	return true;
@@ -382,8 +370,6 @@ static bool can_read_data(struct io *io, void *user_data)
 	if (bytes_read < 0)
 		return false;
 
-	mgmt_hexdump(mgmt, '>', mgmt->buf, bytes_read);
-
 	if (bytes_read < MGMT_HDR_SIZE)
 		return true;
 
@@ -602,14 +588,6 @@ bool mgmt_set_debug(struct mgmt *mgmt, mgmt_debug_func_t callback,
 	return true;
 }
 
-void mgmt_set_verbose(struct mgmt *mgmt, bool value)
-{
-	if (!mgmt)
-		return;
-
-	mgmt->verbose = value;
-}
-
 bool mgmt_set_close_on_unref(struct mgmt *mgmt, bool do_close)
 {
 	if (!mgmt)
diff --git a/src/shared/mgmt.h b/src/shared/mgmt.h
index 0f3e54c..b413cea 100644
--- a/src/shared/mgmt.h
+++ b/src/shared/mgmt.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ typedef void (*mgmt_debug_func_t)(const char *str, void *user_data);
 
 bool mgmt_set_debug(struct mgmt *mgmt, mgmt_debug_func_t callback,
 				void *user_data, mgmt_destroy_func_t destroy);
-void mgmt_set_verbose(struct mgmt *mgmt, bool value);
 
 bool mgmt_set_close_on_unref(struct mgmt *mgmt, bool do_close);