diff --git a/src/core/or/circuitbuild.c b/src/core/or/circuitbuild.c
index 337bcfdd53..511df4112b 100644
--- a/src/core/or/circuitbuild.c
+++ b/src/core/or/circuitbuild.c
@@ -1289,8 +1289,7 @@ circuit_finish_handshake(origin_circuit_t *circ,
          * don't seem able to do it, so there is some magic way that hops can
          * still get added. Perhaps some cases of circuit pre-build that change
          * purpose? */
-        static ratelim_t cc_path_limit = RATELIM_INIT(600);
-        log_fn_ratelim(&cc_path_limit, LOG_NOTICE, LD_CIRC,
+        log_info(LD_CIRC,
                    "Unexpected path length %d for exit circuit %d, purpose %d",
                     circ_len, circ->global_identifier,
                     TO_CIRCUIT(circ)->purpose);