diff --git a/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp b/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
index ee607fdf..4bfb782e 100644
--- a/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
+++ b/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "Threads.h"	// pat added
 
-#define MAX_ALARMS 20
-
 using namespace std;
 
 // Switches to enable/disable logging targets
@@ -48,26 +46,6 @@ Mutex gLogToLock;
 // Global log level threshold:
 int config_log_level;
 
-/**@ The global alarms table. */
-//@{
-Mutex           alarmsLock;
-list<string>    alarmsList;
-void            addAlarm(const string&);
-//@}
-
-
-
-// (pat) If Log messages are printed before the classes in this module are inited
-// (which happens when static classes have constructors that do work)
-// the OpenBTS just crashes.
-// Prevent that by setting sLoggerInited to true when this module is inited.
-static bool sLoggerInited = 0;
-static struct CheckLoggerInitStatus {
-	CheckLoggerInitStatus() { sLoggerInited = 1; }
-} sCheckloggerInitStatus;
-
-
-
 /** Names of the logging levels. */
 const char *levelNames[] = {
 	"EMERG", "ALERT", "CRIT", "ERR", "WARNING", "NOTICE", "INFO", "DEBUG"
@@ -119,36 +97,11 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, std::ostringstream& ss)
 	return os << ss.str();
 }
 
-// copies the alarm list and returns it. list supposed to be small.
-list<string> gGetLoggerAlarms()
-{
-    alarmsLock.lock();
-    list<string> ret;
-    // excuse the "complexity", but to use std::copy with a list you need
-    // an insert_iterator - copy technically overwrites, doesn't insert.
-    insert_iterator< list<string> > ii(ret, ret.begin());
-    copy(alarmsList.begin(), alarmsList.end(), ii);
-    alarmsLock.unlock();
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/** Add an alarm to the alarm list. */
-void addAlarm(const string& s)
-{
-    alarmsLock.lock();
-    alarmsList.push_back(s);
-    while (alarmsList.size() > MAX_ALARMS) alarmsList.pop_front();
-    alarmsLock.unlock();
-}
-
-
 Log::~Log()
 {
 	if (mDummyInit) return;
 	// Anything at or above LOG_CRIT is an "alarm".
-	// Save alarms in the local list and echo them to stderr.
 	if (mPriority <= LOG_ERR) {
-		if (sLoggerInited) addAlarm(mStream.str().c_str());
 		cerr << mStream.str() << endl;
 	}
 	// Current logging level was already checked by the macro. So just log.
diff --git a/CommonLibs/Logger.h b/CommonLibs/Logger.h
index ef11932c..7b208fa8 100644
--- a/CommonLibs/Logger.h
+++ b/CommonLibs/Logger.h
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ class Log {
 extern bool gLogToConsole;	// Output log messages to stdout
 extern bool gLogToSyslog;	// Output log messages to syslog
 
-
-
-std::list<std::string> gGetLoggerAlarms();		///< Get a copy of the recent alarm list.
-
 const std::string timestr();		// A timestamp to print in messages.
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, std::ostringstream& ss);
 
diff --git a/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.cpp b/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.cpp
index f64041d1..5d1dd2c8 100644
--- a/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.cpp
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@
 
 #include "Logger.h"
 
-void printAlarms()
-{
-    std::ostream_iterator<std::string> output( std::cout, "\n" );
-    std::list<std::string> alarms = gGetLoggerAlarms();
-    std::cout << "# alarms = " << alarms.size() << std::endl;
-    std::copy( alarms.begin(), alarms.end(), output );
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	gLogInit("LogTest","NOTICE",LOG_LOCAL7);
@@ -49,14 +41,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	Log(LOG_NOTICE).get() << " testing the logger.";
 	Log(LOG_INFO).get() << " testing the logger.";
         Log(LOG_DEBUG).get() << " testing the logger.";
-    std::cout << "\n\n\n";
-    std::cout << "testing Alarms\n";
-    std::cout << "you should see three lines:" << std::endl;
-    printAlarms();
     std::cout << "----------- generating 20 alarms ----------" << std::endl;
     for (int i = 0 ; i < 20 ; ++i) {
         Log(LOG_ALERT).get() << i;
     }
-    std::cout << "you should see ten lines with the numbers 10..19:" << std::endl;
-    printAlarms();
 }
diff --git a/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.ok b/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.ok
index e1211b02..ac60314e 100644
--- a/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.ok
+++ b/tests/CommonLibs/LogTest.ok
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@ WARNING  testing the logger.
 NOTICE  testing the logger.
 INFO  testing the logger.
 DEBUG  testing the logger.
-
-
-
-testing Alarms
-you should see three lines:
-# alarms = 4
-EMERG  testing the logger.
-ALERT  testing the logger.
-CRIT  testing the logger.
-ERR  testing the logger.
 ----------- generating 20 alarms ----------
 ALERT 0
 ALERT 1
@@ -37,25 +27,3 @@ ALERT 16
 ALERT 17
 ALERT 18
 ALERT 19
-you should see ten lines with the numbers 10..19:
-# alarms = 20
-ALERT 0
-ALERT 1
-ALERT 2
-ALERT 3
-ALERT 4
-ALERT 5
-ALERT 6
-ALERT 7
-ALERT 8
-ALERT 9
-ALERT 10
-ALERT 11
-ALERT 12
-ALERT 13
-ALERT 14
-ALERT 15
-ALERT 16
-ALERT 17
-ALERT 18
-ALERT 19