diff --git a/make/target-scripts.mk b/make/target-scripts.mk
index ea697516..ece83a08 100644
--- a/make/target-scripts.mk
+++ b/make/target-scripts.mk
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/camd_datefix:
 	$(INSTALL_EXEC) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/scripts/camd_datefix.init $(@)
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/coredump:
-ifneq ($(BOXMODEL), nevis)
 	$(INSTALL_EXEC) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/scripts/coredump.init $(@)
 	$(UPDATE-RC.D) $(@F) start 40 S .
-endif
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/crond:
 	$(INSTALL_EXEC) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/scripts/crond.init $(@)
diff --git a/skel-root/hd1/etc/init.d/rcS b/skel-root/hd1/etc/init.d/rcS
index 789f1526..16507085 100755
--- a/skel-root/hd1/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ b/skel-root/hd1/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ dt -ls02
 dt -c
 dt -t"BOOT NI-IMAGE"
 
-# change default core pattern
-echo "/tmp/core.%e.%p.%t" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
-
 # trap CTRL-C only in this shell so we can interrupt subprocesses
 trap ":" INT QUIT TSTP