diff --git a/framework/auth/views.py b/framework/auth/views.py
index ac099b48796..e398a6db0a5 100644
--- a/framework/auth/views.py
+++ b/framework/auth/views.py
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ def resend_confirmation_post(auth):
         if user:
             if throttle_period_expired(user.email_last_sent, settings.SEND_EMAIL_THROTTLE):
                 try:
-                    send_confirm_email_async(user, clean_email, renew=True)
+                    send_confirm_email(user, clean_email, renew=True)
                 except KeyError:
                     # already confirmed, redirect to dashboard
                     status_message = f'This email {clean_email} has already been confirmed.'
diff --git a/framework/postcommit_tasks/handlers.py b/framework/postcommit_tasks/handlers.py
index 1bee56cdc2c..0af90a3b30f 100644
--- a/framework/postcommit_tasks/handlers.py
+++ b/framework/postcommit_tasks/handlers.py
@@ -19,31 +19,25 @@
 
 def postcommit_queue():
     if not hasattr(_local, 'postcommit_queue'):
-        logger.warning('Initializing postcommit_queue.')
         _local.postcommit_queue = OrderedDict()
     return _local.postcommit_queue
 
 def postcommit_celery_queue():
     if not hasattr(_local, 'postcommit_celery_queue'):
-        logger.warning('Initializing postcommit_celery_queue.')
         _local.postcommit_celery_queue = OrderedDict()
     return _local.postcommit_celery_queue
 
 def postcommit_before_request():
-    logger.warning('Running postcommit_before_request.')
     _local.postcommit_queue = OrderedDict()
     _local.postcommit_celery_queue = OrderedDict()
 
 def postcommit_after_request(response, base_status_error_code=500):
-    logger.warning('Running postcommit_after_request.')
     if response.status_code >= base_status_error_code:
-        logger.warning(f'Response status {response.status_code} indicates an error; clearing queues.')
         _local.postcommit_queue = OrderedDict()
         _local.postcommit_celery_queue = OrderedDict()
         return response
     try:
         if postcommit_queue():
-            logger.warning(f'Executing postcommit_queue with {len(postcommit_queue())} tasks.')
             number_of_threads = 30  # one db connection per greenlet, let's share
             pool = Pool(number_of_threads)
             for func in postcommit_queue().values():
@@ -52,12 +46,10 @@ def postcommit_after_request(response, base_status_error_code=500):
 
         if postcommit_celery_queue():
             if settings.USE_CELERY:
-                logger.warning(f'Executing postcommit_celery_queue with {len(postcommit_celery_queue())} tasks.')
                 for task_dict in postcommit_celery_queue().values():
                     task = Signature.from_dict(task_dict)
                     task.apply_async()
             else:
-                logger.warning(f'Executing postcommit_celery_queue with {len(postcommit_celery_queue())} tasks synchronously.')
                 for task in postcommit_celery_queue().values():
                     task()
 
@@ -70,22 +62,17 @@ def get_task_from_postcommit_queue(name, predicate, celery=True):
     queue = postcommit_celery_queue() if celery else postcommit_queue()
     matches = [task for key, task in queue.items() if task.type.name == name and predicate(task)]
     if len(matches) == 1:
-        logger.warning(f'Found 1 match for task {name} in postcommit queue.')
         return matches[0]
     elif len(matches) > 1:
-        logger.warning(f'Found multiple matches for task {name} in postcommit queue.')
         raise ValueError()
-    logger.warning(f'No matches found for task {name} in postcommit queue.')
     return False
 
 def enqueue_postcommit_task(fn, args, kwargs, celery=False, once_per_request=True):
     """
     Any task queued with this function where celery=True will be run asynchronously.
     """
-    logger.warning(f'Enqueuing postcommit task {fn.__name__}.')
     if has_app_context() and current_app.config.get('TESTING', False):
         # For testing purposes only: run fn directly
-        logger.warning(f'Running {fn.__name__} directly due to testing environment.')
         fn(*args, **kwargs)
     else:
         # make a hash of the pertinent data
@@ -99,10 +86,8 @@ def enqueue_postcommit_task(fn, args, kwargs, celery=False, once_per_request=Tru
             key = f'{key}:{binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(8))}'
 
         if celery and isinstance(fn, PromiseProxy):
-            logger.warning(f'Enqueued task {fn.__name__} to postcommit_celery_queue.')
             postcommit_celery_queue().update({key: fn.si(*args, **kwargs)})
         else:
-            logger.warning(f'Enqueued task {fn.__name__} to postcommit_queue.')
             postcommit_queue().update({key: functools.partial(fn, *args, **kwargs)})
 
 handlers = {
@@ -125,7 +110,6 @@ def wrapper(func):
 
         @functools.wraps(func)
         def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
-            logger.warning(f'Wrapping function {func.__name__} for postcommit.')
             enqueue_postcommit_task(func, args, kwargs, celery=celery, once_per_request=once_per_request)
         return wrapped
     return wrapper