diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 72638ffeb..b3209cb59 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ If so, please delete it since it will prevent the federation from working proper
 * Upgrade to rails 5.1 [#7514](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7514)
 * Refactoring single post view interactions [#7182](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7182)
 * Update help pages [#7528](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7528)
+* Disable rendering logging in production [#7529](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7529)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/config/logging.rb b/config/logging.rb
index 2c674562d..230ea8117 100644
--- a/config/logging.rb
+++ b/config/logging.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Logging::Rails.configure do |config|
   Logging.logger.root.level = config.log_level
 
   # log-levels from the diaspora.yml for SQL and federation debug-logging
+  Logging.logger[ActionView::Base].level = Rails.env.development? ? :debug : :warn
   Logging.logger[ActiveRecord::Base].level = AppConfig.environment.logging.debug.sql? ? :debug : :info
   Logging.logger[DiasporaFederation::Salmon::MagicEnvelope].level =
     AppConfig.environment.logging.debug.federation? ? :debug : :info