diff --git a/ldap/servers/slapd/abandon.c b/ldap/servers/slapd/abandon.c
index 964d28836f..2dd1ee3205 100644
--- a/ldap/servers/slapd/abandon.c
+++ b/ldap/servers/slapd/abandon.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ do_abandon(Slapi_PBlock *pb)
         struct timespec hr_time_end;
         int nentries;
         int opid;
-    } o_copy; 
+    } o_copy;
 
     slapi_pblock_get(pb, SLAPI_OPERATION, &pb_op);
     slapi_pblock_get(pb, SLAPI_CONNECTION, &pb_conn);
diff --git a/src/lib389/lib389/__init__.py b/src/lib389/lib389/__init__.py
index f9348066b0..1e6f2a901a 100644
--- a/src/lib389/lib389/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lib389/lib389/__init__.py
@@ -1045,24 +1045,6 @@ def close(self):
 
         self.state = DIRSRV_STATE_OFFLINE
 
-    def dump_errorlog(self):
-        '''
-            Its logs all errors messages within the error log that occured 
-            after the last startup.
-        '''
-        if os.path.isfile(self.errlog):
-            lines = []
-            with open(self.errlog, 'r') as file:
-                for line in file:
-                    if "starting up" in line:
-                        lines = []
-                    for key in ( 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'NOTICE', 'WARN' ):
-                        if key in line:
-                            lines.append(line)
-                            break
-            for line in lines:
-                self.log.error(line)
-
     def start(self, timeout=120, post_open=True):
         '''
             It starts an instance and rebind it. Its final state after rebind
@@ -1086,13 +1068,7 @@ def start(self, timeout=120, post_open=True):
         if self.with_systemd():
             self.log.debug("systemd status -> True")
             # Do systemd things here ...
-            try:
-                subprocess.check_output(["systemctl", "start", "dirsrv@%s" % self.serverid], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-                self.dump_errorlog()
-                self.log.error('Failed to start dirsrv@%s: "%s"' % (self.serverid, e.output.decode()))
-                self.log.error(e)
-                raise ValueError('Failed to start DS')
+            subprocess.check_output(["systemctl", "start", "dirsrv@%s" % self.serverid], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         else:
             self.log.debug("systemd status -> False")
             # Start the process.
@@ -1116,7 +1092,6 @@ def start(self, timeout=120, post_open=True):
                 self.log.debug("DEBUG: starting with %s" % cmd)
                 output = subprocess.check_output(*cmd, env=env, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
             except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-                self.dump_errorlog()
                 self.log.error('Failed to start ns-slapd: "%s"' % e.output.decode())
                 self.log.error(e)
                 raise ValueError('Failed to start DS')