diff --git a/infer/src/clang/Capture.re b/infer/src/clang/Capture.re
index 5bdb49fa2..cf469ada3 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/Capture.re
+++ b/infer/src/clang/Capture.re
@@ -76,17 +76,15 @@ let run_clang_frontend trans_unit_ctx ast_source => {
   CFrontend_config.pointer_stmt_index := stmt_index;
   CFrontend_config.pointer_type_index := type_index;
   CFrontend_config.ivar_to_property_index := ivar_to_property_index;
-  CFrontend_config.json := ast_filename;
   Logging.out "Clang frontend action is  %s@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string;
-  Logging.out
-    "Start %s of AST from %s@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string !CFrontend_config.json;
+  Logging.out "Start %s of AST from %s@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string ast_filename;
   if Config.clang_frontend_do_lint {
     CFrontend_checkers_main.do_frontend_checks trans_unit_ctx ast_decl
   };
   if Config.clang_frontend_do_capture {
     CFrontend.do_source_file trans_unit_ctx ast_decl
   };
-  Logging.out "End translation AST file %s... OK!@\n" !CFrontend_config.json;
+  Logging.out "End translation AST file %s... OK!@\n" ast_filename;
   print_elapsed ()
 };
 
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.ml b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.ml
index 8dc0a1fa5..f1c99418f 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.ml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ let modeled_function_attributes = [replace_with_deref_first_arg_attr]
 let enum_map = ref Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty
 let global_translation_unit_decls : Clang_ast_t.decl list ref = ref []
 let ivar_to_property_index = ref Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty
-let json = ref ""
 let log_out = ref Format.std_formatter
 let pointer_decl_index = ref Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty
 let pointer_stmt_index = ref Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ let reset_global_state () =
   enum_map := Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty;
   global_translation_unit_decls := [];
   ivar_to_property_index := Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty;
-  json := "";
   log_out := Format.std_formatter;
   pointer_decl_index := Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty;
   pointer_stmt_index := Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.empty;
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.mli b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.mli
index 2176f0b03..7f1351a41 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_config.mli
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ val modeled_function_attributes : string list
 val enum_map : (Clang_ast_t.pointer option * Exp.t option) Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.t ref
 val global_translation_unit_decls : Clang_ast_t.decl list ref
 val ivar_to_property_index : Clang_ast_t.decl Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.t ref
-val json : string ref
 val log_out : Format.formatter ref
 val pointer_decl_index : Clang_ast_t.decl Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.t ref
 val pointer_stmt_index : Clang_ast_t.stmt Clang_ast_main.PointerMap.t ref
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cTrans_utils.ml b/infer/src/clang/cTrans_utils.ml
index e42c2b42c..8303ab6b8 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cTrans_utils.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cTrans_utils.ml
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ let rec get_type_from_exp_stmt stmt =
   | DeclRefExpr(_, _, _, info) -> do_decl_ref_exp info
   | _ ->
       Logging.err_debug "Failing with: %s@\n%!" (Clang_ast_j.string_of_stmt stmt);
-      Printing.print_failure_info "";
       assert false
 
 module Self =
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/printing.ml b/infer/src/clang/printing.ml
index db8c1f353..4fb6b6534 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/printing.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/printing.ml
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ let print_procedures cfg =
          " defined? " ^ (string_of_bool (Cfg.Procdesc.is_defined pdesc)) ^ "\n")
         procs)
 
-let print_failure_info pointer =
-  L.err "AST Element> %s IN FILE> %s @.@." pointer !CFrontend_config.json
-
 let print_nodes nodes =
   IList.iter (fun node -> Logging.do_out "%s" (Cfg.Node.get_description pe_text node)) nodes
 
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/printing.mli b/infer/src/clang/printing.mli
index 84eb748e0..9c4be0fb6 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/printing.mli
+++ b/infer/src/clang/printing.mli
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 open! Utils
 
-val print_failure_info : string -> unit
-
 val print_tenv : Tenv.t -> unit
 
 val print_tenv_struct_unions : Tenv.t -> unit