diff --git a/src/v0/destinations/braze/transform.js b/src/v0/destinations/braze/transform.js
index 95290c925b..60f656a090 100644
--- a/src/v0/destinations/braze/transform.js
+++ b/src/v0/destinations/braze/transform.js
@@ -148,21 +148,6 @@ function getUserAttributesObject(message, mappingJson, destination) {
     return traits;
   }
 
-  // iterate over the destKeys and set the value if present
-  Object.keys(mappingJson).forEach((destKey) => {
-    let value = get(traits, mappingJson[destKey]);
-    if (value) {
-      // handle gender special case
-      if (destKey === 'gender') {
-        value = formatGender(value);
-      }
-      if (destKey === 'email') {
-        value = value.toLowerCase();
-      }
-      data[destKey] = value;
-    }
-  });
-
   // reserved keys : already mapped through mappingJson
   const reservedKeys = [
     'address',
@@ -185,6 +170,9 @@ function getUserAttributesObject(message, mappingJson, destination) {
         if (destKey === 'gender') {
           value = formatGender(value);
         }
+        if (destKey === 'email') {
+          value = value.toLowerCase();
+        }
         data[destKey] = value;
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/v0/destinations/braze/util.js b/src/v0/destinations/braze/util.js
index 4d47d6770b..8833923af8 100644
--- a/src/v0/destinations/braze/util.js
+++ b/src/v0/destinations/braze/util.js
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ const BrazeDedupUtility = {
         const externalIdentifiers = ids.filter((id) => id.external_id);
         const aliasIdentifiers = ids.filter((id) => id.alias_name !== undefined);
 
-        const startTime = Date.now();
         const { processedResponse: lookUpResponse } = await handleHttpRequest(
           'post',
           `${getEndpointFromConfig(destination)}/users/export/ids`,
@@ -146,11 +145,6 @@ const BrazeDedupUtility = {
             timeout: 10 * 1000,
           },
         );
-        const endTime = Date.now();
-        // TODO: Remove this log
-        console.log(
-          `Time taken to fetch user store: ${endTime - startTime} ms for ${ids.length} users`,
-        );
         stats.counter('braze_lookup_failure_count', 1, { http_status: lookUpResponse.status });
         const { users } = lookUpResponse.response;