diff --git a/core/translate/collate.rs b/core/translate/collate.rs
index 721d82944..89804c470 100644
--- a/core/translate/collate.rs
+++ b/core/translate/collate.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::{cmp::Ordering, str::FromStr as _};
 
-use tracing::Level;
 use turso_parser::ast::Expr;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ impl CollationSeq {
         })
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     pub fn compare_strings(&self, lhs: &str, rhs: &str) -> Ordering {
-        tracing::event!(Level::DEBUG, collate = %self, lhs, rhs);
         match self {
             CollationSeq::Binary => Self::binary_cmp(lhs, rhs),
             CollationSeq::NoCase => Self::nocase_cmp(lhs, rhs),
@@ -46,16 +45,19 @@ impl CollationSeq {
         }
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn binary_cmp(lhs: &str, rhs: &str) -> Ordering {
         lhs.cmp(rhs)
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn nocase_cmp(lhs: &str, rhs: &str) -> Ordering {
         let nocase_lhs = uncased::UncasedStr::new(lhs);
         let nocase_rhs = uncased::UncasedStr::new(rhs);
         nocase_lhs.cmp(nocase_rhs)
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn rtrim_cmp(lhs: &str, rhs: &str) -> Ordering {
         lhs.trim_end().cmp(rhs.trim_end())
     }