diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
index c6b7a1e142..f36d941891 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/testimage.bbclass
@@ -109,21 +109,6 @@ TESTIMAGE_DUMP_DIR ?= "${LOG_DIR}/runtime-hostdump/"
 
 TESTIMAGE_UPDATE_VARS ?= "DL_DIR WORKDIR DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE IMAGE_LINK_NAME"
 
-testimage_dump_target () {
-    top -bn1
-    ps
-    free
-    df
-    # The next command will export the default gateway IP
-    export DEFAULT_GATEWAY=$(ip route | awk '/default/ { print $3}')
-    ping -c3 $DEFAULT_GATEWAY
-    dmesg
-    netstat -an
-    ip address
-    # Next command will dump logs from /var/log/
-    find /var/log/ -type f -name !wtmp* 2>/dev/null -exec echo "====================" \; -exec echo {} \; -exec echo "====================" \; -exec cat {} \; -exec echo "" \;
-}
-
 testimage_dump_monitor () {
     query-status
     query-block
@@ -352,7 +337,6 @@ def testimage_main(d):
     target_kwargs['serialcontrol_cmd'] = d.getVar("TEST_SERIALCONTROL_CMD") or None
     target_kwargs['serialcontrol_extra_args'] = d.getVar("TEST_SERIALCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS") or ""
     target_kwargs['testimage_dump_monitor'] = d.getVar("testimage_dump_monitor") or ""
-    target_kwargs['testimage_dump_target'] = d.getVar("testimage_dump_target") or ""
 
     def export_ssh_agent(d):
         import os
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
index 6893d10226..d93b3ac94a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 from .ssh import OESSHTarget
 from oeqa.utils.qemurunner import QemuRunner
-from oeqa.utils.dump import MonitorDumper
-from oeqa.utils.dump import TargetDumper
 
 supported_fstypes = ['ext3', 'ext4', 'cpio.gz', 'wic']
 
@@ -47,14 +45,6 @@ class OEQemuTarget(OESSHTarget):
                                  use_kvm=kvm, use_slirp=slirp, dump_dir=dump_dir, logger=logger,
                                  serial_ports=serial_ports, boot_patterns = boot_patterns, 
                                  use_ovmf=ovmf, tmpfsdir=tmpfsdir)
-        dump_monitor_cmds = kwargs.get("testimage_dump_monitor")
-        self.monitor_dumper = MonitorDumper(dump_monitor_cmds, dump_dir, self.runner)
-        if self.monitor_dumper:
-            self.monitor_dumper.create_dir("qmp")
-
-        dump_target_cmds = kwargs.get("testimage_dump_target")
-        self.target_dumper = TargetDumper(dump_target_cmds, dump_dir, self.runner)
-        self.target_dumper.create_dir("qemu")
 
     def start(self, params=None, extra_bootparams=None, runqemuparams=''):
         if self.use_slirp and not self.server_ip:
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
index f4dd0ca417..09cdd14c75 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ class OESSHTarget(OETarget):
         if port:
             self.ssh = self.ssh + [ '-p', port ]
             self.scp = self.scp + [ '-P', port ]
-        self._monitor_dumper = None
-        self.target_dumper = None
 
     def start(self, **kwargs):
         pass
@@ -57,15 +55,6 @@ class OESSHTarget(OETarget):
     def stop(self, **kwargs):
         pass
 
-    @property
-    def monitor_dumper(self):
-        return self._monitor_dumper
-
-    @monitor_dumper.setter
-    def monitor_dumper(self, dumper):
-        self._monitor_dumper = dumper
-        self.monitor_dumper.dump_monitor()
-
     def _run(self, command, timeout=None, ignore_status=True):
         """
             Runs command in target using SSHProcess.
@@ -104,14 +93,7 @@ class OESSHTarget(OETarget):
 
         status, output = self._run(sshCmd, processTimeout, ignore_status)
         self.logger.debug('Command: %s\nStatus: %d Output:  %s\n' % (command, status, output))
-        if (status == 255) and (('No route to host') in output):
-            if self.monitor_dumper:
-                self.monitor_dumper.dump_monitor()
-        if status == 255:
-            if self.target_dumper:
-                self.target_dumper.dump_target()
-            if self.monitor_dumper:
-                self.monitor_dumper.dump_monitor()
+
         return (status, output)
 
     def copyTo(self, localSrc, remoteDst):
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
index e21655c979..6e8b781973 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class QemuTarget(BaseTarget):
             self.rootfs = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE"),  d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME") + '.' + self.image_fstype)
             self.kernel = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE"), d.getVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE", False) + '-' + d.getVar('MACHINE', False) + '.bin')
         self.qemulog = os.path.join(self.testdir, "qemu_boot_log.%s" % self.datetime)
-        dump_target_cmds = d.getVar("testimage_dump_target")
         dump_monitor_cmds = d.getVar("testimage_dump_monitor")
         dump_dir = d.getVar("TESTIMAGE_DUMP_DIR")
         if not dump_dir:
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ class QemuTarget(BaseTarget):
                             tmpfsdir = d.getVar("RUNQEMU_TMPFS_DIR"),
                             serial_ports = len(d.getVar("SERIAL_CONSOLES").split()))
 
-        self.target_dumper = TargetDumper(dump_target_cmds, dump_dir, self.runner)
         self.monitor_dumper = MonitorDumper(dump_monitor_cmds, dump_dir, self.runner)
         if (self.monitor_dumper):
             self.monitor_dumper.create_dir("qmp")