diff --git a/cores/esp32/esp32-hal-i2c.c b/cores/esp32/esp32-hal-i2c.c
index 2db29fab95b..09c6caf91a4 100644
--- a/cores/esp32/esp32-hal-i2c.c
+++ b/cores/esp32/esp32-hal-i2c.c
@@ -630,13 +630,13 @@ void i2cDumpI2c(i2c_t * i2c){
 log_e("i2c=%p",i2c);
 char levelText[8];
 switch(ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL){
-  case 0 : levelText = sprintf("NONE"); break;
-  case 1 : levelText = sprintf("ERROR"); break;
-  case 2 : levelText = sprintf("WARN"); break;
-  case 3 : levelText = sprintf("INFO"); break;
-  case 4 : levelText = sprintf("DEBUG"); break;
-  case 5 : levelText = sprintf("VERBOSE"); break;
-    default : levelText = sprintf("uk=%d",ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL);
+  case 0 : sprintf(levelText,"NONE"); break;
+  case 1 : sprintf(levelText,"ERROR"); break;
+  case 2 : sprintf(levelText,"WARN"); break;
+  case 3 : sprintf(levelText,"INFO"); break;
+  case 4 : sprintf(levelText,"DEBUG"); break;
+  case 5 : sprintf(levelText,"VERBOSE"); break;
+    default : sprintf(levelText,"uk=%d",ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL);
 }
 log_e("dev=%p date=%p level=%s",i2c->dev,i2c->dev->date,levelText);
 #if !CONFIG_DISABLE_HAL_LOCKS
@@ -1026,8 +1026,7 @@ if(!i2c->i2c_event){
   i2c->i2c_event = xEventGroupCreate();
   }
 if(i2c->i2c_event) {
-  uint32_t ret=xEventGroupClearBits(i2c->i2c_event, 0xFF);
-  if(ret != ESP_OK) log_e("Unable to Clear Event Bits=%d",ret);
+  xEventGroupClearBits(i2c->i2c_event, 0xFF);
   }
 else {// failed to create EventGroup
   log_e("eventCreate failed=%p",i2c->i2c_event);
@@ -1160,15 +1159,6 @@ if(!(eBits==EVENT_DONE)&&(eBits&~(EVENT_ERROR_NAK|EVENT_ERROR_DATA_NAK|EVENT_ERR
   }
 
 if(eBits&EVENT_DONE){ // no gross timeout
-#if ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL >= ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
-  uint32_t expected =(totalBytes*10*1000)/i2cGetFrequency(i2c);
-  if((tAfter-tBefore)>(expected+1)) { //used some of the timeout Period
-    // expected can be zero due to small packets
-    log_d("used TimeoutRecovery: expected=%ums, actual=%ums, configured=%ums ",expected,(tAfter-tBefore),timeOutMillis);
-    i2cDumpI2c(i2c);
-    i2cDumpInts(i2c->num);
-    }
-#endif
   switch(i2c->error){
     case I2C_OK :
       reason = I2C_ERROR_OK;