diff --git a/test/e2e/core.go b/test/e2e/core.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c28703708a..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e/core.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package e2e
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-type command struct {
-	cmd       string
-	component string
-}
-
-func CoreDump(dir string) {
-	c, err := loadClient()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error creating client: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-	provider := testContext.Provider
-
-	// requires ssh to master machine
-	if !providerIs(providersWithMasterSSH...) {
-		fmt.Printf("Skipping SSH core dump, which is not implemented for %s", provider)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// I wish there was a better way to get the master IP...
-	config, err := loadConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error loading config: %v", err)
-	}
-	ix := strings.LastIndex(config.Host, "/")
-	master := net.JoinHostPort(config.Host[ix+1:], "22")
-
-	cmds := []command{
-		{"cat /var/log/kube-apiserver.log", "kube-apiserver"},
-		{"cat /var/log/kube-scheduler.log", "kube-scheduler"},
-		{"cat /var/log/kube-controller-manager.log", "kube-controller-manager"},
-		{"cat /var/log/etcd.log", "kube-etcd"},
-	}
-	if isUsingSystemdKubelet(provider, master) {
-		cmds = append(cmds, command{"sudo journalctl --output=cat -u kubelet.service", "kubelet"})
-	} else {
-		cmds = append(cmds, []command{
-			{"cat /var/log/kubelet.log", "kubelet"},
-			{"cat /var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log", "supervisord"},
-			{"cat /var/log/supervisor/kubelet-stdout.log", "supervisord-kubelet-stdout"},
-			{"cat /var/log/supervisor/kubelet-stderr.log", "supervisord-kubelet-stderr"},
-			{"cat /var/log/kern.log", "kern.log"},
-			{"cat /var/log/docker.log", "docker.log"},
-		}...)
-	}
-
-	logCore(cmds, []string{master}, dir, provider)
-
-	// requires ssh
-	if !providerIs(providersWithSSH...) {
-		fmt.Printf("Skipping SSH core dump for nodes, which is not implemented for %s", provider)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Get all nodes' external IPs.
-	hosts, err := NodeSSHHosts(c)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error getting node hostnames: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	cmds = []command{{"cat /var/log/kube-proxy.log", "kube-proxy"}}
-	if isUsingSystemdKubelet(provider, hosts...) {
-		cmds = append(cmds, command{"sudo journalctl --output=cat -u kubelet.service", "kubelet"})
-	} else {
-		cmds = append(cmds, []command{
-			{"cat /var/log/kubelet.log", "kubelet"},
-			{"cat /var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log", "supervisord"},
-			{"cat /var/log/supervisor/kubelet-stdout.log", "supervisord-kubelet-stdout"},
-			{"cat /var/log/supervisor/kubelet-stderr.log", "supervisord-kubelet-stderr"},
-			{"cat /var/log/kern.log", "kern.log"},
-			{"cat /var/log/docker.log", "docker.log"},
-		}...)
-	}
-
-	logCore(cmds, hosts, dir, provider)
-}
-
-func logCore(cmds []command, hosts []string, dir, provider string) {
-	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	// Run commands on all nodes via SSH.
-	for _, cmd := range cmds {
-		fmt.Printf("SSH'ing to all nodes and running %s\n", cmd.cmd)
-		for _, host := range hosts {
-			wg.Add(1)
-			go func(cmd command, host string) {
-				defer wg.Done()
-				logfile := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s.log", dir, host, cmd.component)
-				fmt.Printf("Writing to %s.\n", logfile)
-				result, err := SSH(cmd.cmd, host, provider)
-				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("Error running command: %v\n", err)
-				}
-				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(logfile, []byte(result.Stdout+result.Stderr), 0777); err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("Error writing logfile: %v\n", err)
-				}
-			}(cmd, host)
-		}
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-}
-
-func isUsingSystemdKubelet(provider string, hosts ...string) bool {
-	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	results := make([]bool, len(hosts))
-	cmd := "sudo systemctl status kubelet.service"
-
-	wg.Add(len(hosts))
-	for i := range hosts {
-		go func(i int) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			result, err := SSH(cmd, hosts[i], provider)
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("Error running command: %v\n", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if result.Code == 0 {
-				results[i] = true
-			}
-		}(i)
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	for _, r := range results {
-		if r {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/util.go b/test/e2e/util.go
index 9b07f919e75..fd720868ebd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -3559,3 +3560,14 @@ func CheckConnectivityToHost(f *Framework, nodeName, podName, host string) error
 	defer podClient.Delete(podName, nil)
 	return waitForPodSuccessInNamespace(f.Client, podName, contName, f.Namespace.Name)
 }
+
+// CoreDump SSHs to the master and all nodes and dumps their logs into dir.
+// It shells out to cluster/log-dump.sh to accomplish this.
+func CoreDump(dir string) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(path.Join(testContext.RepoRoot, "cluster", "log-dump.sh"), dir)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		Logf("Error running cluster/log-dump.sh: %v", err)
+	}
+}