diff --git a/src/analytics/main.cc b/src/analytics/main.cc
index c001a6af14d..49d96211797 100644
--- a/src/analytics/main.cc
+++ b/src/analytics/main.cc
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ bool CollectorSummaryLogger(Collector *collector, const string & hostname,
         vector<string> ip_list;
         ip_list.push_back(Collector::GetSelfIp());
         state.set_self_ip_list(ip_list);
-        vector<string> list;
-        MiscUtils::GetCoreFileList(Collector::GetProgramName(), list);
-        if (list.size()) {
-            state.set_core_files_list(list);
-        }
         first = false;
     }
     if (!build_info_set) {
diff --git a/src/base/misc_utils.cc b/src/base/misc_utils.cc
index f5e197279fb..17ac0249b6f 100644
--- a/src/base/misc_utils.cc
+++ b/src/base/misc_utils.cc
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
-#include <stdlib.h> 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <base/misc_utils.h>
 #include <base/logging.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include "boost/filesystem/operations.hpp"
-#include "boost/filesystem/path.hpp"
 #include "base/sandesh/version_types.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "rapidjson/document.h"
@@ -19,11 +17,8 @@
 #include "rapidjson/stringbuffer.h"
 
 using namespace std;
-namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 const std::string MiscUtils::ContrailVersionCmd = "/usr/bin/contrail-version";
-const std::string MiscUtils::CoreFileDir = "/var/crashes/";
-const int MiscUtils::MaxCoreFiles = 5;
-const map<MiscUtils::BuildModule, string> MiscUtils::BuildModuleNames = 
+const map<MiscUtils::BuildModule, string> MiscUtils::BuildModuleNames =
     MiscUtils::MapInit();
 
 SandeshTraceBufferPtr VersionTraceBuf(SandeshTraceBufferCreate(
@@ -44,36 +39,6 @@ void MiscUtils::LogVersionInfo(const string build_info, Category::type categ) {
     }
 }
 
-void MiscUtils::GetCoreFileList(string prog, vector<string> &list) {
-    if (!fs::exists(CoreFileDir) || !fs::is_directory(CoreFileDir)) {
-        return;
-    }
-    FileMMap files_map;
-    
-    string filename = "core." + BaseName(prog) + ".";
-
-    fs::path dir_path(CoreFileDir.c_str());
-    fs::directory_iterator end_itr;
-    for (fs::directory_iterator itr(dir_path); itr != end_itr; itr++) {
-        if (fs::is_regular_file(itr->status())) {
-            const string file = itr->path().filename().generic_string();
-            size_t pos = file.find(filename);
-            if (pos != 0) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            files_map.insert(FileMMap::value_type(fs::last_write_time
-                                                    (itr->path()), file));
-        }
-    }
-    FileMMap::reverse_iterator rit;
-    int count = 0;
-    for (rit = files_map.rbegin(); rit != files_map.rend() && 
-        count < MaxCoreFiles; ++rit) {
-        count++;
-        list.push_back(rit->second);
-    }
-}
-
 bool MiscUtils::GetVersionInfoInternal(const string &cmd, string &rpm_version,
                                        string &build_num) {
     FILE *fp;
diff --git a/src/base/misc_utils.h b/src/base/misc_utils.h
index c564cd48108..1e741b2d14f 100644
--- a/src/base/misc_utils.h
+++ b/src/base/misc_utils.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class MiscUtils {
     static const std::string CoreFileDir;
     static const int MaxCoreFiles;
 
-    static void GetCoreFileList(std::string prog, std::vector<std::string> &list);
     static bool GetBuildInfo(BuildModule id, const std::string &build_info, std::string &result);
     static void GetHostIp(const std::string name, std::vector<std::string> &ip_list);
     static void LogVersionInfo(const std::string str, Category::type categ);
diff --git a/src/base/task.cc b/src/base/task.cc
index 13306576362..fba528b7756 100644
--- a/src/base/task.cc
+++ b/src/base/task.cc
@@ -286,11 +286,11 @@ tbb::task *TaskImpl::execute() {
         // information from the core.
         static std::string what = e.what();
 
-        LOG(DEBUG, "!!!! ERROR !!!! Task caught fatal exception: " << what
+        LOG(ERROR, "!!!! ERROR !!!! Task caught fatal exception: " << what
             << " TaskImpl: " << this);
         assert(0);
     } catch (...) {
-        LOG(DEBUG, "!!!! ERROR !!!! Task caught fatal unknown exception"
+        LOG(ERROR, "!!!! ERROR !!!! Task caught fatal unknown exception"
             << " TaskImpl: " << this);
         assert(0);
     }
diff --git a/src/control-node/main.cc b/src/control-node/main.cc
index 57ad9d0fda7..f3c2be3d4c1 100644
--- a/src/control-node/main.cc
+++ b/src/control-node/main.cc
@@ -325,11 +325,6 @@ bool ControlNodeInfoLogger(BgpServer *server,
         vector<string> ip_list;
         ip_list.push_back(ControlNode::GetSelfIp());
         state.set_bgp_router_ip_list(ip_list);
-        vector<string> list;
-        MiscUtils::GetCoreFileList(ControlNode::GetProgramName(), list);
-        if (list.size()) {
-            state.set_core_files_list(list);
-        }
     }
     if (!build_info_set) {
         string build_info;
diff --git a/src/dns/uve/uve.cc b/src/dns/uve/uve.cc
index 4315f819ba5..76b73245873 100644
--- a/src/dns/uve/uve.cc
+++ b/src/dns/uve/uve.cc
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ void DnsUveClient::SendDnsUve(uint64_t start_time) {
         state.set_start_time(start_time);
         state.set_collector(Dns::GetCollector());
 
-        vector<string> list;
-        MiscUtils::GetCoreFileList(Dns::GetProgramName(), list);
-        state.set_core_files_list(list);
         vector<string> ip_list;
         ip_list.push_back(Dns::GetSelfIp());
         state.set_self_ip_list(ip_list);