diff --git a/src/tasks.js b/src/tasks.js
index 0b5a6e1f0..798b33b0d 100644
--- a/src/tasks.js
+++ b/src/tasks.js
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
 const assert = require('assert'),
     BoxError = require('./boxerror.js'),
-    constants = require('./constants.js'),
     database = require('./database.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:tasks'),
-    fs = require('fs'),
     logs = require('./logs.js'),
     path = require('path'),
     paths = require('./paths.js'),
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ const assert = require('assert'),
     shell = require('./shell.js')('tasks'),
     _ = require('./underscore.js');
 
-let gTasks = {}; // indexed by task id
+let gTasks = {}; // holds AbortControllers indexed by task id
 
 const START_TASK_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/starttask.sh');
 const STOP_TASK_CMD = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts/stoptask.sh');
@@ -167,8 +165,7 @@ async function startTask(id, options) {
 
     let killTimerId = null, timedOut = false;
 
-    const sudoOptions = { preserveEnv: true, logStream: null };
-    if (constants.TEST) sudoOptions.logStream = fs.createWriteStream('/dev/null'); // without this output is messed up, not sure why
+    const sudoOptions = { preserveEnv: true };
 
     const p = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         gTasks[id] = shell.sudoCallback([ START_TASK_CMD, id, logFile, options.nice || 0, options.memoryLimit || 400, options.oomScoreAdjust || 0 ], sudoOptions, async function (sudoError) {