diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
index 43ffe2ba38a3..504dde57ca92 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ func frontierIsBehind(frontier hlc.Timestamp, sv *settings.Values) bool {
 // frontier is behind
 func maybeLogBehindSpan(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	description string,
+	description redact.SafeString,
 	frontier span.Frontier,
 	frontierChanged bool,
 	sv *settings.Values,
@@ -2272,12 +2272,12 @@ func maybeLogBehindSpan(
 
 	if frontierChanged && slowLogEveryN.ShouldProcess(now) {
 		log.Changefeed.Infof(ctx, "%s new resolved timestamp %s is behind by %s",
-			redact.Safe(description), frontierTS, resolvedBehind)
+			description, frontierTS, resolvedBehind)
 	}
 
 	if slowLogEveryN.ShouldProcess(now) {
 		s := frontier.PeekFrontierSpan()
-		log.Changefeed.Infof(ctx, "%s span %s is behind by %s", redact.Safe(description), s, resolvedBehind)
+		log.Changefeed.Infof(ctx, "%s span %s is behind by %s", description, s, resolvedBehind)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/BUILD.bazel
index 34ea5236dab3..e4e72b7e933a 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/BUILD.bazel
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/timeutil",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_crlib//crtime",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_errors//:errors",
-        "@com_github_cockroachdb_redact//:redact",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/blocking_buffer.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/blocking_buffer.go
index eb1fcf4b0a56..a14e3971b6e0 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/blocking_buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/blocking_buffer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/timeutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/crlib/crtime"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/redact"
 )
 
 // blockingBuffer is an implementation of Buffer which allocates memory
@@ -524,15 +523,13 @@ func logSlowAcquisition(
 		shouldLog := logSlowAcquire.ShouldLog()
 		if shouldLog {
 			log.Changefeed.Warningf(ctx, "have been waiting %s attempting to acquire changefeed quota (buffer=%s)",
-				timeutil.Since(start),
-				redact.SafeString(bufType))
+				timeutil.Since(start), bufType)
 		}
 
 		return func() {
 			if shouldLog {
 				log.Changefeed.Infof(ctx, "acquired changefeed quota after %s (buffer=%s)",
-					timeutil.Since(start),
-					redact.SafeString(bufType))
+					timeutil.Since(start), bufType)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/metrics.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/metrics.go
index f16dcfb88f1b..f7c9610db00a 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent/metrics.go
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ func (bt bufferType) alterMeta(meta metric.Metadata) metric.Metadata {
 	return meta
 }
 
+// SafeValue implements redact.SafeValue.
+func (bt bufferType) SafeValue() {}
+
 // MakeMetrics constructs a Metrics struct with the provided histogram window.
 func MakeMetrics(histogramWindow time.Duration) Metrics {
 	eventTypeMeta := func(et Type) metric.Metadata {
diff --git a/pkg/testutils/lint/passes/redactcheck/redactcheck.go b/pkg/testutils/lint/passes/redactcheck/redactcheck.go
index 0699e6e78d78..01190da5d37e 100644
--- a/pkg/testutils/lint/passes/redactcheck/redactcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/testutils/lint/passes/redactcheck/redactcheck.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ func runAnalyzer(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 						"SettingName": {},
 						"ValueOrigin": {},
 					},
+					"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/kvevent": {
+						"bufferType": {},
+					},
 					"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/crosscluster/logical": {
 						"processorType": {},
 					},