diff --git a/chain/sub/incoming.go b/chain/sub/incoming.go
index cee5a75a6..6226e45d8 100644
--- a/chain/sub/incoming.go
+++ b/chain/sub/incoming.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func HandleIncomingBlocks(ctx context.Context, bsub *pubsub.Subscription, self p
 			// If we are the block proposers we don't need to wait for delivery, we know the blocks are
 			// honest.
 			if src != self {
-				log.Infof("Waiting for consistent broadcast of block in height: %v", blk.Header.Height)
+				log.Debugf("Waiting for consistent broadcast of block in height: %v", blk.Header.Height)
 				if err := cb.WaitForDelivery(blk.Header); err != nil {
 					log.Errorf("couldn't deliver block to syncer over pubsub: %s; source: %s", err, src)
 					return
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func HandleIncomingBlocks(ctx context.Context, bsub *pubsub.Subscription, self p
 			}
 			// Garbage collect the broadcast state
 			cb.GarbageCollect(blk.Header.Height)
-			log.Infof("Block in height %v delivered successfully (cid=)", blk.Header.Height, blk.Cid())
+			log.Debugf("Block in height %v delivered successfully (cid=)", blk.Header.Height, blk.Cid())
 
 			if s.InformNewBlock(msg.ReceivedFrom, &types.FullBlock{
 				Header:        blk.Header,
diff --git a/itests/kit/init.go b/itests/kit/init.go
index c6545edda..dbcb49aae 100644
--- a/itests/kit/init.go
+++ b/itests/kit/init.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package kit
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
 
@@ -41,11 +40,10 @@ func init() {
 
 	build.InsecurePoStValidation = true
 
-	// NOTE: If we want the payment channel itests to pass that use a
-	// block time of 5*millisecond, we need to set the consistent broadcast
-	// delay to something lower than that block time.
-	// todo: configure such a low delay only for paych tests.
-	build.CBDeliveryDelay = 2 * time.Millisecond
+	// Disabling consistent broadcast in itests. Many tests use really fast
+	// block times, and adding this additional delay for block delivery
+	// would make these tests to fail.
+	build.CBDeliveryDelay = 0
 
 	if err := os.Setenv("BELLMAN_NO_GPU", "1"); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to set BELLMAN_NO_GPU env variable: %s", err))