diff --git a/exasol/ds/sandbox/lib/dss_docker/Dockerfile b/exasol/ds/sandbox/lib/dss_docker/Dockerfile
index b9bf7be9..40bd041b 100644
--- a/exasol/ds/sandbox/lib/dss_docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/exasol/ds/sandbox/lib/dss_docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
-RUN ulimit -c 0
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --assume-yes python3 python3-pexpect
diff --git a/exasol/ds/sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/entrypoint/files/entrypoint.py b/exasol/ds/sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/entrypoint/files/entrypoint.py
index 8c2bb2d4..96873c8b 100644
--- a/exasol/ds/sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/entrypoint/files/entrypoint.py
+++ b/exasol/ds/sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/entrypoint/files/entrypoint.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import resource
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -148,6 +149,10 @@ def ensure_file(src: Path, dst: Path):
             ensure_dir(copy / name)
 
 
+def disable_core_dumps():
+    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (0, 0))
+
+
 def sleep_inifinity():
     while True:
         time.sleep(1)
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ def main():
             args.notebooks,
             args.warning_as_error,
         )
+    disable_core_dumps()
     if (args.jupyter_server
         and args.notebooks
         and args.jupyter_logfile