diff --git a/src/components/base/SideBar/SideBarListItem.js b/src/components/base/SideBar/SideBarListItem.js
index cc5e508b..1374d1c1 100644
--- a/src/components/base/SideBar/SideBarListItem.js
+++ b/src/components/base/SideBar/SideBarListItem.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class SideBarListItem extends PureComponent<Props> {
     } = this.props
     return (
       <Container
-        data-role="side-bar-item"
         isActive={!disabled && isActive}
         iconActiveColor={iconActiveColor}
         onClick={disabled ? null : onClick}
diff --git a/src/logger.js b/src/logger.js
index 02d290fe..9e2fc52e 100644
--- a/src/logger.js
+++ b/src/logger.js
@@ -47,28 +47,10 @@ const makeSerializableLog = (o: mixed) => {
   return String(o)
 }
 
-const logClicks = !__DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_CLICK_ELEMENT
 const logRedux = !__DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_ACTION
 const logTabkey = __DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_TAB_KEY
 
 export default {
-  // tracks the user interactions (click, input focus/blur, what else?)
-
-  onClickElement: (role: string, roleData: ?Object) => {
-    const label = `👆 ${role}`
-    if (roleData) {
-      if (logClicks) {
-        console.log(label, roleData)
-      }
-      addLog('click', label, roleData)
-    } else {
-      if (logClicks) {
-        console.log(label)
-      }
-      addLog('click', label, roleData)
-    }
-  },
-
   // tracks Redux actions (NB not all actions are serializable)
 
   onReduxAction: (action: Object) => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/init.js b/src/renderer/init.js
index 1806aff1..2afa5483 100644
--- a/src/renderer/init.js
+++ b/src/renderer/init.js
@@ -85,34 +85,12 @@ async function init() {
     const libcoreVersion = await libcoreGetVersion.send().toPromise()
     logger.log('libcore', libcoreVersion)
 
-    // DOM elements can have a data-role that identify the UI entity
-    // and that allow us to track interactions with this.
-    window.addEventListener('click', ({ target }) => {
-      const { dataset } = target
-      if (dataset) {
-        const { role, roledata } = dataset
-        if (role) {
-          logger.onClickElement(role, roledata)
-        }
-      }
-    })
-
     window.addEventListener('keydown', (e: SyntheticKeyboardEvent<any>) => {
       if (e.which === TAB_KEY) {
         if (!isGlobalTabEnabled()) enableGlobalTab()
         logger.onTabKey(document.activeElement)
       }
     })
-
-    window.addEventListener('click', ({ target }) => {
-      const { dataset } = target
-      if (dataset) {
-        const { role, roledata } = dataset
-        if (role) {
-          logger.onClickElement(role, roledata)
-        }
-      }
-    })
   }
 }