diff --git a/debian/ngcp-sems.default b/debian/ngcp-sems.default
index e6aa008e..b9846ee2 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-sems.default
+++ b/debian/ngcp-sems.default
@@ -22,7 +22,5 @@ SEMS_PIDFILE="$SEMS_RUNDIR/ngcp-sems.pid"
 # set if you want to create core files
 SEMS_CREATE_CORE="yes"
 
-SEMS_COREDIR="/var/cores"
-
 SEMS_CACHEDIR="/var/cache/ngcp-sems"
 SEMS_CACHEDIR_EXTRADIRS="audio_cache callingcard"
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-sems.init b/debian/ngcp-sems.init
index 4abf2ac6..fac9f1c5 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-sems.init
+++ b/debian/ngcp-sems.init
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ if test "$SEMS_CREATE_CORE" = "yes" ; then
   if [ "$VIRT" = "yes" ]; then
     echo "Container environment detected. Skipping core dump configuration."
   else
-    # directory for the core dump files
-    [ -d $SEMS_COREDIR ] || mkdir $SEMS_COREDIR
-    chmod 777 $SEMS_COREDIR
-    echo "$SEMS_COREDIR/core.%e.sig%s.%p" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
-    echo 2 > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable
     ulimit -c unlimited
   fi
 fi