diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index a1fefec3ce57275189ba37aee399b2b21db31eee..84c7d8ee2153a23a07a9312690f9f538df30832f 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -163,33 +163,22 @@ install_gnutls_from_source(){
 
 
 check_install_usrp_uhd_driver(){
-        log_file=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/check_install_usrp_uhd_driver_log.txt
-        echo_info "\nIn function: check_install_usrp_uhd_driver(). Installing USRP Drivers : The logfile for the installation is located here: $log_file "
-        (
         v=$(lsb_release -cs)
         $SUDO apt-add-repository "deb http://files.ettus.com/binaries/uhd/repo/uhd/ubuntu/$v $v main"
         $SUDO apt-get update
         $SUDO apt-get -y install  python python-tk libboost-all-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev
         $SUDO apt-get -y install -t `lsb_release -cs` uhd --force-yes
-        ) >& $log_file
 }
 check_install_bladerf_driver(){
-        log_file=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/check_install_bladerf_driver_log.txt
-        echo_info "\nIn function: check_install_bladerf_driver(). Install BLADERF drivers : The logfile for the installation is located here: $log_file "
-        (
 	$SUDO add-apt-repository -y ppa:bladerf/bladerf
 	$SUDO apt-get update
 	$SUDO apt-get install -y bladerf libbladerf-dev
 	$SUDO apt-get install -y bladerf-firmware-fx3
 	$SUDO apt-get install -y bladerf-fpga-hostedx40	
 	bladeRF-cli --flash-firmware /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF/bladeRF_fw.img	
-        ) >& $log_file
 }
 
 check_install_additional_tools (){
-    log_file=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/check_install_additional_tools_log.txt
-    echo_info "\nIn function: check_install_oai_software(). Installing optional OAI packages : The logfile for the installation is located here: $log_file "
-    (
     $SUDO apt-get update
     $SUDO apt-get install -y \
 	check \
@@ -212,14 +201,9 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
 	vlan	  \
 	ctags \
         ntpdate
-      ) >& $log_file
 }
 
 check_install_oai_software() {
-    
-    log_file=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/check_install_oai_software_log.txt
-    echo_info "\nIn function: check_install_oai_software(). Installing mandatory OAI packages : The logfile for the installation is located here: $log_file "
-    (
     $SUDO apt-get update
     $SUDO apt-get install -y \
 	autoconf  \
@@ -290,16 +274,12 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
     fi
     $SUDO pip install paramiko
     $SUDO pip install pyroute2
-    ) > $log_file 2>&1
     install_asn1c_from_source
     $SUDO rm -fr /opt/ssh
     $SUDO git clone https://gist.github.com/2190472.git /opt/ssh
 }
 
 install_asn1c_from_source(){
-    asn1_install_dir=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/asn1c_install_log.txt
-    echo_info "\nInstalling ASN1. The log file for ASN1 installation is here: $asn1_install_dir "
-    (
     rm -rf /tmp/asn1c-r1516
     mkdir -p /tmp/asn1c-r1516
     cd /tmp/asn1c-r1516
@@ -310,7 +290,6 @@ install_asn1c_from_source(){
     ./configure
     make -j`nproc`
     $SUDO make install 
-    ) > $asn1_install_dir 2>&1 
 }
 
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