diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 8f15fe5..0472895 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -216,13 +216,6 @@ function sendTelegramTo(chatId, text, topicId, replyMarkup, parseMode, dedupeKey
     console.warn('telegram duplicate suppressed:', dedupeKey, '->', String(chatId));
     return;
   }
-  // TEMPORARY (2026-09-18): members are seeing payment lines twice. This process has a
-  // durable announce-once per on-chain event AND a send-level dedupe, and neither is firing,
-  // which means the second copy is not coming from here. Log every send with the instance id
-  // so "did WE send it twice, or is something else posting?" is answerable from the log
-  // instead of by deduction. Remove once the source is confirmed.
-  console.log('tg-send', TG_INSTANCE, 'chat=' + chatId, 'topic=' + (topicId || '-'),
-    JSON.stringify(String(text).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').slice(0, 70)));
   // No link previews: payout/team-build posts carry Polygonscan links, and the
   // preview card tripled the height of every message in the group.
   const payload = { chat_id: chatId, text, disable_web_page_preview: true };
@@ -236,9 +229,9 @@ function sendTelegramTo(chatId, text, topicId, replyMarkup, parseMode, dedupeKey
   }).then(async r=>{
       const body = await r.json().catch(()=>null);
       if(!r.ok || !body || !body.ok) { console.error('telegram sendMessage status', r.status, JSON.stringify(body).slice(0,200)); return; }
-      // Log the id Telegram assigns. When a duplicate shows up in a feed, this says which of
-      // the two copies is ours — and therefore whether this process sent twice or something
-      // else with the same bot token posted the second one. (2026-09-18 duplicate hunt.)
+      // One concise line per send, kept deliberately: it is what identified a second sender
+      // posting into the same channel with the same bot token on 2026-09-18. A payment feed
+      // is worth being able to audit.
       console.log('tg-ok', TG_INSTANCE, 'chat=' + chatId, 'message_id=' + (body.result && body.result.message_id));
     })
     .catch(e=>console.error('telegram error', e.message));