diff --git a/doc/development/query_count_limits.md b/doc/development/query_count_limits.md
index ebb6e0c2dac..310e3faf61b 100644
--- a/doc/development/query_count_limits.md
+++ b/doc/development/query_count_limits.md
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Query Count Limits
 
-Each controller or API endpoint is allowed to execute up to 100 SQL queries. In
-a production environment we'll only log an error in case this threshold is
-exceeded, but in a test environment we'll raise an error instead.
+Each controller or API endpoint is allowed to execute up to 100 SQL queries and
+in test environments we'll raise an error when this threshold is exceeded.
 
 ## Solving Failing Tests
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction.rb b/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction.rb
index 3cbafadb0d0..66d7d9275cf 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction.rb
@@ -51,13 +51,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
         error = ThresholdExceededError.new(error_message)
 
-        if raise_error?
-          raise(error)
-        else
-          # Raven automatically logs to the Rails log if disabled, thus we don't
-          # need to manually log anything in case Sentry support is not enabled.
-          Raven.capture_exception(error)
-        end
+        raise(error) if raise_error?
       end
 
       def increment
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction_spec.rb
index b4231fcd0fa..b72b8574174 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/query_limiting/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -59,18 +59,6 @@ describe Gitlab::QueryLimiting::Transaction do
         expect { transaction.act_upon_results }
           .to raise_error(described_class::ThresholdExceededError)
       end
-
-      it 'reports the error in Sentry if raising an error is disabled' do
-        expect(transaction)
-          .to receive(:raise_error?)
-          .and_return(false)
-
-        expect(Raven)
-          .to receive(:capture_exception)
-          .with(an_instance_of(described_class::ThresholdExceededError))
-
-        transaction.act_upon_results
-      end
     end
   end