diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/db.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/db.go
index 78a8f263db..47fb3e62f8 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/db.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/db.go
@@ -209,20 +209,16 @@ func (s *sqlDB) NewLedgerEntryUpdaterTx(forLedgerSequence uint32, maxBatchSize i
 	}
 	ret := &ledgerUpdaterTx{
 		tx:                  tx,
+		stmtCache:           sq.NewStmtCache(tx),
 		postWriteCommitHook: s.postWriteCommitHook,
 		forLedgerSequence:   forLedgerSequence,
 		maxBatchSize:        maxBatchSize,
 		buffer:              xdr.NewEncodingBuffer(),
 		keyToEntryBatch:     make(map[string]*string, maxBatchSize),
 	}
-	ret.stmtCache = sq.NewStmtCache(tx)
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func (l *ledgerUpdaterTx) PrepareContext(ctx context.Context, query string) (*sql.Stmt, error) {
-	return l.tx.PrepareContext(ctx, query)
-}
-
 func (l *ledgerUpdaterTx) flushLedgerEntryBatch() error {
 	upsertCount := 0
 	upsertSQL := sq.StatementBuilder.RunWith(l.stmtCache).Replace(ledgerEntriesTableName)
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/ledgerentry_storage.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/ledgerentry_storage.go
index 5cee96add4..f678510a9a 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/ledgerentry_storage.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerentry_storage/ledgerentry_storage.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package ledgerentry_storage
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ func (ls *ledgerEntryStorage) run(ctx context.Context, archive historyarchive.Ar
 
 	nextLedger := startCheckpointLedger + 1
 	for {
-		fmt.Println("Processing txmeta of ledger", nextLedger)
+		ls.logger.Info("Processing txmeta of ledger", nextLedger)
 		reader, err := ingest.NewLedgerChangeReader(ctx, ledgerBackend, ls.networkPassPhrase, nextLedger)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)