diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 578e8b3d7..6e96081d8 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
-	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"text/template"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -53,17 +51,29 @@ const (
 	APIDefaultCacheExpiration = time.Minute * 15
 )
 
-// Embed the log template files
-//
-//go:embed request_log_template.tmpl
-var requestTemplateStr string
-
-//go:embed response_log_template.tmpl
-var responseTemplateStr string
-
-var (
-	reqLogTemplate  = template.Must(template.New("request").Parse(requestTemplateStr))
-	respLogTemplate = template.Must(template.New("response").Parse(responseTemplateStr))
+// Debug log formats. These are deliberately plain fmt formats rather than text/template.
+// Linking the template execution engine disables the Go linker's dead code elimination for
+// methods in every consumer binary (see https://github.com/linode/linodego/issues/1022).
+const (
+	requestLogFormat = `
+============================================================================================
+~~~ REQUEST ~~~
+%v
+HOST: %v
+HEADERS: %v
+BODY: %v
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------`
+
+	responseLogFormat = `
+============================================================================================
+~~~ RESPONSE ~~~
+STATUS: %v
+PROTO: %v
+RECEIVED AT: %v
+TIME DURATION: %v
+HEADERS: %v
+BODY: %v
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------`
 )
 
 type RequestLog struct {
@@ -737,17 +747,8 @@ func (c *Client) logRequest(req *http.Request) *http.Request {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var logBuf bytes.Buffer
-
-	err := reqLogTemplate.Execute(&logBuf, map[string]any{
-		"Request": reqLog.Request,
-		"Host":    reqLog.Host,
-		"Headers": formatHeaders(reqLog.Headers),
-		"Body":    body,
-	})
-	if err == nil {
-		c.logger.Debugf(sanitizeLogValue(logBuf.String()))
-	}
+	c.logger.Debugf(sanitizeLogValue(fmt.Sprintf(requestLogFormat,
+		reqLog.Request, reqLog.Host, formatHeaders(reqLog.Headers), body)))
 
 	return req
 }
@@ -862,19 +863,9 @@ func (c *Client) logResponse(resp *http.Response, start, end time.Time) *http.Re
 		}
 	}
 
-	var logBuf bytes.Buffer
-
-	err := respLogTemplate.Execute(&logBuf, map[string]any{
-		"Status":       respLog.Status,
-		"Proto":        respLog.Proto,
-		"ReceivedAt":   respLog.ReceivedAt,
-		"TimeDuration": respLog.TimeDuration,
-		"Headers":      formatHeaders(redactHeaders(respLog.Headers)),
-		"Body":         body,
-	})
-	if err == nil {
-		c.logger.Debugf(sanitizeLogValue(logBuf.String()))
-	}
+	c.logger.Debugf(sanitizeLogValue(fmt.Sprintf(responseLogFormat,
+		respLog.Status, respLog.Proto, respLog.ReceivedAt, respLog.TimeDuration,
+		formatHeaders(redactHeaders(respLog.Headers)), body)))
 
 	resp.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(respBody.Bytes()))
 
diff --git a/request_log_template.tmpl b/request_log_template.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 250547bd8..000000000
--- a/request_log_template.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-============================================================================================
-~~~ REQUEST ~~~
-{{.Request}}
-HOST: {{.Host}}
-HEADERS: {{.Headers}}
-BODY: {{.Body}}
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/response_log_template.tmpl b/response_log_template.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bd5f38d8..000000000
--- a/response_log_template.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-============================================================================================
-~~~ RESPONSE ~~~
-STATUS: {{.Status}}
-PROTO: {{.Proto}}
-RECEIVED AT: {{.ReceivedAt}}
-TIME DURATION: {{.TimeDuration}}
-HEADERS: {{.Headers}}
-BODY: {{.Body}}
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\ No newline at end of file