diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml
index f1bfcf58854..4cc54cdc212 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml
@@ -205,12 +205,6 @@
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.internal.ui.ProcessPrompter"
             id="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.statusHandler.processPrompter">
       </statusHandler>  
-      <statusHandler
-            code="1001"
-            plugin="org.eclipse.cdt.launch"
-            class="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.internal.ui.CoreFilePrompter"
-            id="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.statusHandler.coreFilePrompter">
-      </statusHandler>
       <statusHandler
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.internal.ui.BuildErrPrompter"
             code="1002"