--- a/test/failure_handler/src/share/conf/mac.properties	Thu Aug 09 11:33:47 2018 -0700
+++ b/test/failure_handler/src/share/conf/mac.properties	Mon Aug 13 13:44:45 2018 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -61,11 +61,9 @@
 native.stack.params.repeat=6
 native.stack.args=-c\0DevToolsSecurity --status | grep -q enabled && lldb -o 'attach %p' -o 'thread backtrace all' -o 'detach' -o 'quit'
 
-native.core.app=bash
-native.core.delimiter=\0
-native.core.args=-c\0gcore -o ./core.%p %p || \
-  (DevToolsSecurity --status | grep -q enabled && lldb --batch -o 'attach %p' -o 'process save-core core.%p' -o 'detach' -o 'quit')
-native.core.params.timeout=3600000
+# has to be the last command
+native.core.app=kill
+native.core.args=-ABRT %p
 ################################################################################
 # environment info to gather
 ################################################################################