diff --git a/shippers/es.py b/shippers/es.py
index 97b48863..ce5de6c3 100644
--- a/shippers/es.py
+++ b/shippers/es.py
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ def _send_dead_letter_index(self, actions: list[Any]) -> list[Any]:
 
         # If no action can be encoded, return original action list as failed
         if len(encoded_actions) == 0:
-            shared_logger.info(f"no actions to forward to dead letter index; returning {len(non_indexed_actions)} non_indexed_actions")
             return non_indexed_actions
 
         errors = es_bulk(self._es_client, encoded_actions, **self._bulk_kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/handlers/aws/test_integrations.py b/tests/handlers/aws/test_integrations.py
index 8e3bbd92..3c075109 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/aws/test_integrations.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/aws/test_integrations.py
@@ -4445,7 +4445,7 @@ def test_es_dead_letter_index_with_excluded_action_error(self) -> None:
                       elasticsearch_url: "{self.elasticsearch.get_url()}"
                       es_dead_letter_index: "{dead_letter_index_name}"
                       es_dead_letter_forward_errors:
-                        - fail_processor_exception
+                        - non_existent_error
                       ssl_assert_fingerprint: {self.elasticsearch.ssl_assert_fingerprint}
                       username: "{self.secret_arn}:username"
                       password: "{self.secret_arn}:password"