diff --git a/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go b/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go
index 25ed960fee..8693dabb58 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ type PostgresMetadataStore struct {
 func NewPostgresMetadataStore(ctx context.Context, pgConfig *protos.PostgresConfig,
 	schemaName string) (*PostgresMetadataStore, error) {
 	connectionString := utils.GetPGConnectionString(pgConfig)
-	log.Info("connection string in external metadata: ", connectionString)
 	pool, err := pgxpool.New(ctx, connectionString)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("failed to create connection pool: %v", err)
diff --git a/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go b/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go
index f8f0898585..c9fcf5a47a 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go
@@ -93,15 +93,14 @@ func (c *S3Connector) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func ValidCheck(s3Client *s3.S3, bucketUrl string, metadataDB *metadataStore.PostgresMetadataStore) error {
+func ValidCheck(s3Client *s3.S3, bucketURL string, metadataDB *metadataStore.PostgresMetadataStore) error {
 	_, listErr := s3Client.ListBuckets(nil)
 	if listErr != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list buckets: %w", listErr)
 	}
 
 	reader := strings.NewReader("hello world")
-
-	bucketPrefix, parseErr := utils.NewS3BucketAndPrefix(bucketUrl)
+	bucketPrefix, parseErr := utils.NewS3BucketAndPrefix(bucketURL)
 	if parseErr != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse bucket url: %w", parseErr)
 	}