diff --git a/core-backend/src/funcs.rs b/core-backend/src/funcs.rs
index 8acd5529c52..df226376569 100644
--- a/core-backend/src/funcs.rs
+++ b/core-backend/src/funcs.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use blake2_rfc::blake2b::blake2b;
-use core::marker::PhantomData;
+use core::{fmt, marker::PhantomData};
 use gear_core::{
     buffer::{RuntimeBuffer, RuntimeBufferSizeError},
     costs::RuntimeCosts,
@@ -51,41 +51,44 @@ use gsys::{
     HashWithValue, TwoHashesWithValue,
 };
 
-#[macro_export(local_inner_macros)]
-macro_rules! syscall_args_trace {
-    ($val:expr) => {
-        {
-            let s = ::core::stringify!($val);
-            if s.ends_with("_ptr") {
-                alloc::format!(", {} = {:#x?}", s, $val)
-            } else {
-                alloc::format!(", {} = {:?}", s, $val)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    ($val:expr, $($rest:expr),+) => {
-        {
-            let mut s = syscall_args_trace!($val);
-            s.push_str(&syscall_args_trace!($($rest),+));
-            s
+const PTR_SPECIAL: u32 = u32::MAX;
+
+struct ValueFormatter<'a>(&'a Value);
+
+impl fmt::Display for ValueFormatter<'_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self.0 {
+            Value::I32(i32) => fmt::Display::fmt(i32, f),
+            Value::I64(i64) => fmt::Display::fmt(i64, f),
+            Value::F32(f32) => fmt::Display::fmt(f32, f),
+            Value::F64(f64) => fmt::Display::fmt(f64, f),
         }
-    };
+    }
 }
 
-macro_rules! syscall_trace {
-    ($name:expr, $($args:expr),+) => {
-        {
-            ::log::trace!(target: "syscalls", "{}{}", $name, syscall_args_trace!($($args),+));
+struct ArgsFormatter<'a>(&'a [Value]);
+
+impl fmt::Display for ArgsFormatter<'_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        let mut iter = self.0.iter();
+
+        if let Some(value) = iter.next() {
+            write!(f, "{}", ValueFormatter(value))?;
         }
-    };
-    ($name:expr) => {
-        {
-            ::log::trace!(target: "syscalls", "{}", $name);
+
+        for value in iter {
+            write!(f, ", {}", ValueFormatter(value))?;
         }
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
-const PTR_SPECIAL: u32 = u32::MAX;
+fn function_name<T>() -> &'static str {
+    let s = core::any::type_name::<T>();
+    let pos = s.rfind("::").unwrap();
+    &s[pos + 2..]
+}
 
 /// Actually just wrapper around [`Value`] to implement conversions.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
@@ -345,6 +348,8 @@ where
         S: SysCall<Ext, R>,
         R: Into<SysCallReturnValue>,
     {
+        log::trace!(target: "syscalls", "{}({})", function_name::<H>(), ArgsFormatter(args));
+
         let (ctx, args) = S::Context::from_args(args)?;
         let sys_call = SysCallBuilder::build(handler, args)?;
         let (gas, value) = sys_call.execute(caller, ctx)?;