diff --git a/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/reservation-store.ts b/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/reservation-store.ts
index 280d6347b8..d22ce32246 100644
--- a/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/reservation-store.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/reservation-store.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class ReservationStore extends TypedEventEmitter<ReservationStoreEvents>
     }
 
     if (this.relayFilter.has(peerId.toBytes())) {
-      this.log('potential relay peer %p has failed previously, not trying again', peerId, new Error('where').stack)
+      this.log('potential relay peer %p has failed previously, not trying again', peerId)
       return
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/queue/job.ts b/packages/utils/src/queue/job.ts
index 3830f791a2..6b08575d2f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/queue/job.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/queue/job.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class Job <JobOptions extends AbortOptions = AbortOptions, JobReturnType
   }
 
   async join (options: AbortOptions = {}): Promise<JobReturnType> {
-    const recipient = new JobRecipient<JobReturnType>((new Error('where')).stack, options.signal)
+    const recipient = new JobRecipient<JobReturnType>(options.signal)
     this.recipients.push(recipient)
 
     options.signal?.addEventListener('abort', this.onAbort)
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/queue/recipient.ts b/packages/utils/src/queue/recipient.ts
index 07e8f5733f..f482651eff 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/queue/recipient.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/queue/recipient.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ import type { DeferredPromise } from 'p-defer'
 export class JobRecipient<JobReturnType> {
   public deferred: DeferredPromise<JobReturnType>
   public signal?: AbortSignal
-  public where?: string
 
-  constructor (where?: string, signal?: AbortSignal) {
+  constructor (signal?: AbortSignal) {
     this.signal = signal
     this.deferred = pDefer()
-    this.where = where
 
     this.onAbort = this.onAbort.bind(this)
     this.signal?.addEventListener('abort', this.onAbort)