diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java
index fa75769..11643fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java
@@ -1230,9 +1230,8 @@
                 removeLinkFromStorage(lt);
 
                 // remote link from network map
-                if (hasControl) {
-                	linkStore.update(lt, DM_OPERATION.DELETE);
-                }
+                linkStore.update(lt, DM_OPERATION.DELETE);
+
                 
                 // TODO  Whenever link is removed, it has to checked if
                 // the switchports must be added to quarantine.
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java
index 83abc8e..176a1a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	public void addOrUpdateLink(Link lt, LinkInfo linkinfo, DM_OPERATION op) {
 		Vertex vportSrc = null, vportDst = null;
 	
-		log.debug("addOrUpdateLink(): op {} {} {}", new Object[]{op, lt, linkinfo});
+		log.trace("addOrUpdateLink(): op {} {} {}", new Object[]{op, lt, linkinfo});
 		
         try {
             // get source port vertex
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/registry/controller/ZookeeperRegistry.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/registry/controller/ZookeeperRegistry.java
index b9d04d4..a929aa9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/registry/controller/ZookeeperRegistry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/registry/controller/ZookeeperRegistry.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			//I think it's OK not to do anything here. Either the node got 
 			//deleted correctly, or the connection went down and the node got deleted.
+			log.debug("releaseControl: caught IOException {}", dpidStr);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/start-rest.sh b/start-rest.sh
index 3006e5e..564eccf 100755
--- a/start-rest.sh
+++ b/start-rest.sh
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
   stop)
     stop
     ;;
-  deldb)
-    deldb
-    ;;
   status)
     status
     ;;