diff --git a/src/Durable/DurableController.cs b/src/Durable/DurableController.cs
index 01e8ff7a..59015d23 100644
--- a/src/Durable/DurableController.cs
+++ b/src/Durable/DurableController.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ public bool TryInvokeOrchestrationFunction(out Hashtable result)
             return true;
         }
 
+        public bool ShouldSuppressPipelineTraces()
+        {
+            return _durableFunctionInfo.Type == DurableFunctionType.ActivityFunction;
+        }
+
         private static OrchestrationBindingInfo CreateOrchestrationBindingInfo(IList<ParameterBinding> inputData)
         {
             // Quote from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable-functions-bindings:
diff --git a/src/Durable/DurableFunctionInfo.cs b/src/Durable/DurableFunctionInfo.cs
index 91a0477f..a245ac67 100644
--- a/src/Durable/DurableFunctionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Durable/DurableFunctionInfo.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ public DurableFunctionInfo(DurableFunctionType type, string durableClientBinding
 
         public string DurableClientBindingName { get; }
 
-        public DurableFunctionType Type { get; }
+        public DurableFunctionType Type
+        {
+            get;
+            internal set; // for testing purposes only
+        }
 
         public bool ProvidesForcedDollarReturnValue => Type != DurableFunctionType.None;
     }
diff --git a/src/PowerShell/PowerShellManager.cs b/src/PowerShell/PowerShellManager.cs
index 13e07a8b..1790a4d3 100644
--- a/src/PowerShell/PowerShellManager.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShell/PowerShellManager.cs
@@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ public Hashtable InvokeFunction(
                 SetInputBindingParameterValues(functionInfo, inputData, durableController, triggerMetadata, traceContext);
                 stopwatch.OnCheckpoint(FunctionInvocationPerformanceStopwatch.Checkpoint.InputBindingValuesReady);
 
-                _pwsh.AddCommand("Microsoft.Azure.Functions.PowerShellWorker\\Trace-PipelineObject");
+                if (!durableController.ShouldSuppressPipelineTraces())
+                {
+                    _pwsh.AddCommand("Microsoft.Azure.Functions.PowerShellWorker\\Trace-PipelineObject");
+                }
 
                 stopwatch.OnCheckpoint(FunctionInvocationPerformanceStopwatch.Checkpoint.InvokingFunctionCode);
                 Logger.Log(isUserOnlyLog: false, LogLevel.Trace, CreateInvocationPerformanceReportMessage(functionInfo.FuncName, stopwatch));
diff --git a/test/Unit/Durable/DurableControllerTests.cs b/test/Unit/Durable/DurableControllerTests.cs
index 091a59e2..68531f7c 100644
--- a/test/Unit/Durable/DurableControllerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Unit/Durable/DurableControllerTests.cs
@@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ internal void AddPipelineOutputIfNecessary_DoesNotAddDollarReturn_ForNonActivity
             Assert.False(result.ContainsKey(AzFunctionInfo.DollarReturn));
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(DurableFunctionType.None, false)]
+        [InlineData(DurableFunctionType.OrchestrationFunction, false)]
+        [InlineData(DurableFunctionType.ActivityFunction, true)]
+        internal void SuppressPipelineTracesForActivityFunctionOnly(DurableFunctionType durableFunctionType, bool shouldSuppressPipelineTraces)
+        {
+            var durableController = CreateDurableController(durableFunctionType);
+            Assert.Equal(shouldSuppressPipelineTraces, durableController.ShouldSuppressPipelineTraces());
+        }
+
         private DurableController CreateDurableController(
             DurableFunctionType durableFunctionType,
             string durableClientBindingName = null)
diff --git a/test/Unit/PowerShell/PowerShellManagerTests.cs b/test/Unit/PowerShell/PowerShellManagerTests.cs
index 8c4e3921..7fb062aa 100644
--- a/test/Unit/PowerShell/PowerShellManagerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Unit/PowerShell/PowerShellManagerTests.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Azure.Functions.PowerShellWorker.Test
 {
     using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
     using System.Management.Automation;
+    using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.PowerShellWorker.Durable;
+    using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
     internal class TestUtils
     {
@@ -373,6 +375,52 @@ public void LoggerContextIsSet()
             powerShellManagerPool.ReclaimUsedWorker(worker);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(DurableFunctionType.None, false)]
+        [InlineData(DurableFunctionType.OrchestrationFunction, false)]
+        [InlineData(DurableFunctionType.ActivityFunction, true)]
+        internal void SuppressPipelineTracesForDurableActivityFunctionOnly(DurableFunctionType durableFunctionType, bool shouldSuppressPipelineTraces)
+        {
+            s_testLogger.FullLog.Clear();
+
+            var path = Path.Join(s_funcDirectory, "testFunctionWithOutput.ps1");
+            var (functionInfo, testManager) = PrepareFunction(path, string.Empty);
+            functionInfo.DurableFunctionInfo.Type = durableFunctionType;
+
+            try
+            {
+                FunctionMetadata.RegisterFunctionMetadata(testManager.InstanceId, functionInfo.OutputBindings);
+
+                var result = testManager.InvokeFunction(functionInfo, null, null, CreateOrchestratorInputData(), new FunctionInvocationPerformanceStopwatch());
+
+                var relevantLogs = s_testLogger.FullLog.Where(message => message.StartsWith("Information: OUTPUT:")).ToList();
+                var expected = shouldSuppressPipelineTraces ? new string[0] : new[] { "Information: OUTPUT: Hello" };
+                Assert.Equal(expected, relevantLogs);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                FunctionMetadata.UnregisterFunctionMetadata(testManager.InstanceId);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static List<ParameterBinding> CreateOrchestratorInputData()
+        {
+            var orchestrationContext = new OrchestrationContext
+            {
+                History = new[] { new HistoryEvent { EventType = HistoryEventType.OrchestratorStarted } }
+            };
+
+            var testInputData = new List<ParameterBinding>
+                {
+                    new ParameterBinding
+                    {
+                        Name = TestInputBindingName,
+                        Data = new TypedData { String = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(orchestrationContext) }
+                    }
+                };
+            return testInputData;
+        }
+
         private static Hashtable InvokeFunction(PowerShellManager powerShellManager, AzFunctionInfo functionInfo, Hashtable triggerMetadata = null)
         {
             return powerShellManager.InvokeFunction(functionInfo, triggerMetadata, null, s_testInputData, new FunctionInvocationPerformanceStopwatch());
diff --git a/test/Unit/PowerShell/TestScripts/testFunctionWithOutput.ps1 b/test/Unit/PowerShell/TestScripts/testFunctionWithOutput.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d85064ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Unit/PowerShell/TestScripts/testFunctionWithOutput.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+#
+
+param ($Req)
+
+'Hello'