diff --git a/local/o365/classes/feature/sds/utils.php b/local/o365/classes/feature/sds/utils.php
index 39f5754a0..6c6b4558b 100644
--- a/local/o365/classes/feature/sds/utils.php
+++ b/local/o365/classes/feature/sds/utils.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public static function get_apiclient() : ?unified {
                 $apiclient = new unified($unifiedtoken, $httpclient);
                 return $apiclient;
             } else {
-                static::mtrace('Could not construct system API user token for SDS sync task.');
+                mtrace('Could not construct system API user token for SDS sync task.');
             }
         } catch (moodle_exception $e) {
             return null;