diff --git a/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java b/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java
index bd05995..0d12f57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sqs/DirectoryQueue.java
@@ -66,26 +66,7 @@ public class DirectoryQueue {
   }
 
   private void sendMessage(String action, String user) {
-    final Map<String, MessageAttributeValue> messageAttributes = new HashMap<>();
-    messageAttributes.put("id", new MessageAttributeValue().withDataType("String").withStringValue(user));
-    messageAttributes.put("action", new MessageAttributeValue().withDataType("String").withStringValue(action));
-    SendMessageRequest sendMessageRequest = new SendMessageRequest()
-            .withQueueUrl(queueUrl)
-            .withMessageBody("-")
-            .withMessageDeduplicationId(user + action)
-            .withMessageGroupId(user)
-            .withMessageAttributes(messageAttributes);
-    try {
-      sqs.sendMessage(sendMessageRequest);
-    } catch (AmazonServiceException ex) {
-      serviceErrorMeter.mark();
-      logger.warn("sqs service error: ", ex);
-    } catch (AmazonClientException ex) {
-      clientErrorMeter.mark();
-      logger.warn("sqs client error: ", ex);
-    } catch (Throwable t) {
-      logger.warn("sqs unexpected error: ", t);
-    }
+    logger.info("Pretending to send SQS message: " + user + " " + action);
   }
 
 }