diff --git a/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/handlers/ExpectedResultVerificationErrorHandler.java b/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/handlers/ExpectedResultVerificationErrorHandler.java
index 19368d639..c2ca0cde9 100644
--- a/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/handlers/ExpectedResultVerificationErrorHandler.java
+++ b/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/handlers/ExpectedResultVerificationErrorHandler.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class ExpectedResultVerificationErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler, Err
     public ErrorDetail handleError(String name, Throwable t, long cycle, long durationInNanos, ErrorDetail detail) {
         if (t instanceof ExpectedResultVerificationError erve) {
             if (erve.getTriesLeft() == 0) {
-                logger.warn("Cycle: {} Verification of result {} did not pass following expression: {}", cycle, erve.getResultAsString(), erve.getExpectedResultExpression());
+                logger.warn("Cycle: {} Verification of result did not pass following expression: {}", cycle, erve.getExpectedResultExpression());
                 exceptionExpectedResultVerificationMetrics.countVerificationErrors();
             } else {
                 logger.info("Cycle: {} Verification of result did not pass. {} retries left.", cycle, erve.getTriesLeft());
diff --git a/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/actions/StandardAction.java b/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/actions/StandardAction.java
index e204ac247..b0ab2aa8d 100644
--- a/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/actions/StandardAction.java
+++ b/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/actions/StandardAction.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class StandardAction<A extends StandardActivity<R, ?>, R extends Op> impl
                     if (shouldVerifyExpectedResultFor(op, expectedResultExpression)) {
                         var verified = MVEL.executeExpression(expectedResultExpression, result, boolean.class);
                         if (!verified) {
-                            throw new ExpectedResultVerificationError(maxTries - tries, expectedResultExpression, result);
+                            throw new ExpectedResultVerificationError(maxTries - tries, expectedResultExpression);
                         }
                     }
                 } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/NBErrorHandlerTest.java b/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/NBErrorHandlerTest.java
index 6c9b7295f..7534f9966 100644
--- a/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/NBErrorHandlerTest.java
+++ b/engine-api/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityapi/errorhandling/modular/NBErrorHandlerTest.java
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ class NBErrorHandlerTest {
         appender.cleanup(logger);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private static Stream<Arguments> testExpectedResultVerificationErrorHandler() {
         Logger logger = (Logger) LogManager.getLogger("VERIFY");
-        var obj = new Object();
         return Stream.of(
             Arguments.of(
                 "retries left",
-                new ExpectedResultVerificationError(5, "expected", obj),
+                new ExpectedResultVerificationError(5, "expected"),
                 "Cycle: 1 Verification of result did not pass. 5 retries left.",
                 1,
                 0,
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ class NBErrorHandlerTest {
             ),
             Arguments.of(
                 "no retries left",
-        new ExpectedResultVerificationError(0, "expected", obj),
-                String.format("Cycle: 1 Verification of result %s did not pass following expression: %s", obj.toString(), "expected"),
+                new ExpectedResultVerificationError(0, "expected"),
+                "Cycle: 1 Verification of result did not pass following expression: expected",
                 0,
                 1,
                 logger
             )
-            );
+        );
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/errors/ExpectedResultVerificationError.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/errors/ExpectedResultVerificationError.java
index 88df81890..44d70c594 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/errors/ExpectedResultVerificationError.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/errors/ExpectedResultVerificationError.java
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 public class ExpectedResultVerificationError extends RuntimeException {
     private final int triesLeft;
     private final Serializable expectedResultExpression;
-    private final Object result;
 
-    public ExpectedResultVerificationError(int triesLeft, Serializable expectedResultExpression, Object result) {
+    public ExpectedResultVerificationError(int triesLeft, Serializable expectedResultExpression) {
         this.triesLeft = triesLeft;
         this.expectedResultExpression = expectedResultExpression;
-        this.result = result;
     }
 
     public int getTriesLeft() {
@@ -37,7 +35,4 @@ public class ExpectedResultVerificationError extends RuntimeException {
         return expectedResultExpression;
     }
 
-    public String getResultAsString() {
-        return result.toString(); // TODO JK how to traverse the first x characters of the result? parse to json? via reflection?
-    }
 }