diff --git a/include/dsn/tool-api/global_config.h b/include/dsn/tool-api/global_config.h
index 51ac41405b..8bb9406019 100644
--- a/include/dsn/tool-api/global_config.h
+++ b/include/dsn/tool-api/global_config.h
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ struct service_spec
     std::vector<service_app_spec> app_specs;
 
     // auto-set
-    std::string dir_coredump;
     std::string dir_log;
 
     service_spec() {}
diff --git a/src/runtime/service_api_c.cpp b/src/runtime/service_api_c.cpp
index 649af2611b..fe47705f05 100644
--- a/src/runtime/service_api_c.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/service_api_c.cpp
@@ -406,10 +406,7 @@ bool run(const char *config_file,
     }
     spec.data_dir = cdir;
 
-    // setup coredump dir
-    spec.dir_coredump = ::dsn::utils::filesystem::path_combine(cdir, "coredumps");
-    dsn::utils::filesystem::create_directory(spec.dir_coredump);
-    ::dsn::utils::coredump::init(spec.dir_coredump.c_str());
+    ::dsn::utils::coredump::init();
 
     // setup log dir
     spec.dir_log = ::dsn::utils::filesystem::path_combine(cdir, "log");
diff --git a/src/utils/coredump.h b/src/utils/coredump.h
index 4656acb836..2e57ad45b6 100644
--- a/src/utils/coredump.h
+++ b/src/utils/coredump.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ namespace utils {
 class coredump
 {
 public:
-    static void init(const char *dump_dir);
+    static void init();
     static void write();
 };
-}
-}
+} // namespace utils
+} // namespace dsn
diff --git a/src/utils/coredump.posix.cpp b/src/utils/coredump.posix.cpp
index 5adf9c0c2d..e9b09e4f30 100644
--- a/src/utils/coredump.posix.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/coredump.posix.cpp
@@ -44,14 +44,11 @@
 namespace dsn {
 namespace utils {
 
-static std::string s_dump_dir;
 static void handle_core_dump(int);
 static void handle_term(int);
 
-void coredump::init(const char *dump_dir)
+void coredump::init()
 {
-    s_dump_dir = dump_dir;
-
     signal(SIGSEGV, handle_core_dump);
     signal(SIGTERM, handle_term);
 }