diff --git a/libcutils/uevent.c b/libcutils/uevent.c
index 827170a..de5d227 100644
--- a/libcutils/uevent.c
+++ b/libcutils/uevent.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     addr.nl_pid = getpid();
     addr.nl_groups = 0xffffffff;
 
-    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
+    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
     if(s < 0)
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c b/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
index bfe7121..7d2a5fb 100644
--- a/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
+++ b/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 {
     int ret;
     if (ifc_ctl_sock == -1) {
-        ifc_ctl_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+        ifc_ctl_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
         if (ifc_ctl_sock < 0) {
             printerr("socket() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 int ifc_init6(void)
 {
     if (ifc_ctl_sock6 == -1) {
-        ifc_ctl_sock6 = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+        ifc_ctl_sock6 = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
         if (ifc_ctl_sock6 < 0) {
             printerr("socket() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         }
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
     req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(req.n.nlmsg_len) + RTA_LENGTH(addrlen);
     memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), addr, addrlen);
 
-    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
     if (send(s, &req, req.n.nlmsg_len, 0) < 0) {
         close(s);
         return -errno;
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 0452f75..2a599ac 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -247,22 +247,6 @@
     # Avoid predictable entropy pool. Carry over entropy from previous boot.
     copy /data/system/entropy.dat /dev/urandom
 
-    # Create dump dir and collect dumps.
-    # Do this before we mount cache so eventually we can use cache for
-    # storing dumps on platforms which do not have a dedicated dump partition.
-    mkdir /data/dontpanic 0750 root log
-
-    # Collect apanic data, free resources and re-arm trigger
-    copy /proc/apanic_console /data/dontpanic/apanic_console
-    chown root log /data/dontpanic/apanic_console
-    chmod 0640 /data/dontpanic/apanic_console
-
-    copy /proc/apanic_threads /data/dontpanic/apanic_threads
-    chown root log /data/dontpanic/apanic_threads
-    chmod 0640 /data/dontpanic/apanic_threads
-
-    write /proc/apanic_console 1
-
     # create basic filesystem structure
     mkdir /data/misc 01771 system misc
     mkdir /data/misc/adb 02750 system shell