--- a/src/Linux/hsflowd.c
+++ b/src/Linux/hsflowd.c
@@ -1408,13 +1408,12 @@ extern "C" {
 	signal(SIGXFSZ, SIG_DFL);
 
 	// ask for the backtrace pointers
-	size_t siz = backtrace(backtracePtrs, HSP_NUM_BACKTRACE_PTRS);
+	size_t siz = 0;
 
 	if(f_crash == NULL) {
 	  f_crash = stderr;
 	}
 
-	backtrace_symbols_fd(backtracePtrs, siz, fileno(f_crash));
 	fflush(f_crash);
 	// Do something useful with siginfo_t 
 	if (sig == SIGSEGV) {
@@ -1430,7 +1429,6 @@ extern "C" {
 	// overwrite sigaction with caller's address
 	backtracePtrs[1] = (void *)(((ucontext_t *)secret)->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EIP]);
 	// then write again:
-	backtrace_symbols_fd(backtracePtrs, siz, fileno(f_crash));
 	fflush(f_crash);
 #endif
 	// exit with the original signal so we get the right idea
@@ -2005,7 +2003,6 @@ extern "C" {
 	      if(debug) {
 		myLog(LOG_INFO, "initAgent suceeded");
 		// print some stats to help us size HSP_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK etc.
-		malloc_stats();
 	      }
 
 	      if(sp->dropPriv) {
--- a/src/Linux/hsflowd.h
+++ b/src/Linux/hsflowd.h
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <limits.h> // for UINT_MAX
 
 // for signal backtrace
-#include <execinfo.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <ucontext.h>
 
 #include <stdarg.h> // for va_start()
 #include "util.h"
--- a/src/Linux/util.c
+++ b/src/Linux/util.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ extern "C" {
     void *mem = SYS_CALLOC(1, bytes);
     if(mem == NULL) {
       myLog(LOG_ERR, "calloc() failed : %s", strerror(errno));
-      if(debug) malloc_stats();
       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     return mem;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ extern "C" {
     void *mem = SYS_REALLOC(ptr, bytes);
     if(mem == NULL) {
       myLog(LOG_ERR, "realloc() failed : %s", strerror(errno));
-      if(debug) malloc_stats();
       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     return mem;