diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/routing/dijkstra/RoutingImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/routing/dijkstra/RoutingImpl.java
index 8e37806004a34f5031c5dd0fe117389aa46b2458..2f8553ef0f79fe0e81e2e157cabe24899dfb17ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/routing/dijkstra/RoutingImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/routing/dijkstra/RoutingImpl.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.PriorityQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 
 import org.openflow.protocol.OFPhysicalPort.OFPortState;
+import org.openflow.util.HexString;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -215,7 +216,15 @@ public class RoutingImpl implements IRoutingEngine, ITopologyAware {
         else {
             // Only remove if that link actually exists.
             if (src.containsKey(srcLink)) {
-                log.debug("update: removed link: {}, {}", srcId, srcPort);
+                if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    String temp = HexString.toHexString(srcId).concat("/");
+                    temp = temp.concat(Integer.toString(srcPort));
+                    temp = temp.concat("-->");
+                    temp = temp.concat(HexString.toHexString(dstId));
+                    temp = temp.concat("/");
+                    temp = temp.concat(Integer.toString(dstPort));
+                    log.debug("update: removed link: {}", temp);
+                }
                 src.remove(srcLink);
                 network_updated = true;
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/topology/internal/TopologyImplTest.java b/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/topology/internal/TopologyImplTest.java
index ad7247005d4b3c95639a25fcb005d132f7903117..512b5346b8e9096bc3e856af6baf0fc736b2d8f2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/topology/internal/TopologyImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/topology/internal/TopologyImplTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;