diff --git a/src/archive/ArchiveLookup.cxx b/src/archive/ArchiveLookup.cxx
index 34c85c180..d80dfa426 100644
--- a/src/archive/ArchiveLookup.cxx
+++ b/src/archive/ArchiveLookup.cxx
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "ArchiveLookup.hxx"
-#include "ArchiveDomain.hxx"
-#include "Log.hxx"
 #include "fs/FileInfo.hxx"
 #include "system/Error.hxx"
 
@@ -57,9 +55,6 @@ archive_lookup(char *pathname)
 				//so the upper should be file
 				return {Path::FromFS(pathname), Path::FromFS(slash + 1)};
 			} else {
-				FormatError(archive_domain,
-					    "Not a regular file: %s",
-					    pathname);
 				return {};
 			}
 		} catch (const std::system_error &e) {
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/ArchiveInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/ArchiveInputPlugin.cxx
index 928818ce8..2ed3b96ed 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/ArchiveInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/ArchiveInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "ArchiveInputPlugin.hxx"
-#include "archive/ArchiveDomain.hxx"
 #include "archive/ArchiveLookup.hxx"
 #include "archive/ArchiveList.hxx"
 #include "archive/ArchivePlugin.hxx"
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ OpenArchiveInputStream(Path path, Mutex &mutex)
 	try {
 		l = archive_lookup(pname);
 		if (l.archive.IsNull()) {
-			FormatDebug(archive_domain,
-				    "not an archive, lookup %s failed", pname);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 	} catch (...) {
@@ -62,8 +59,6 @@ OpenArchiveInputStream(Path path, Mutex &mutex)
 	//check which archive plugin to use (by ext)
 	arplug = archive_plugin_from_suffix(suffix);
 	if (!arplug) {
-		FormatWarning(archive_domain,
-			      "can't handle archive %s", l.archive.c_str());
 		return nullptr;
 	}