diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
index 42d3e6a5cc5..9a6f6e41db2 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class ApiServer extends ManagerBase implements HttpRequestHandler, ApiSer
                 throw e;
             }
         } finally {
-            s_accessLogger.info(StringUtils.cleanString(sb.toString()));
+            s_accessLogger.info(sb.toString());
             UserContext.unregisterContext();
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
index fa02041f6a5..ca6f4b46806 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ public class ApiServlet extends HttpServlet {
         // logging the request start and end in management log for easy debugging
         String reqStr = "";
         if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            reqStr = auditTrailSb.toString() + " " + req.getQueryString();
-            s_logger.debug("===START=== " + StringUtils.cleanString(reqStr));
+            reqStr = auditTrailSb.toString() + " " + StringUtils.cleanString(req.getQueryString());
+            s_logger.debug("===START=== " + reqStr);
         }
 
         try {
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ public class ApiServlet extends HttpServlet {
             s_logger.error("unknown exception writing api response", ex);
             auditTrailSb.append(" unknown exception writing api response");
         } finally {
-            s_accessLogger.info(StringUtils.cleanString(auditTrailSb.toString()));
+            s_accessLogger.info(auditTrailSb.toString());
             if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                s_logger.debug("===END=== " + StringUtils.cleanString(reqStr));
+                s_logger.debug("===END=== " + reqStr);
             }
             // cleanup user context to prevent from being peeked in other request context
             UserContext.unregisterContext();