diff --git a/labextension/src/lib/Commands.ts b/labextension/src/lib/Commands.ts
index 651c663e2..4be4d5609 100644
--- a/labextension/src/lib/Commands.ts
+++ b/labextension/src/lib/Commands.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { NotebookPanel } from '@jupyterlab/notebook';
 import {
   _legacy_executeRpc,
   _legacy_executeRpcAndShowRPCError,
-  RPCError,
 } from './RPCUtils';
 
 import { DeployProgressState, RunPipeline } from '../widgets/deploys-progress/DeploysProgress';
@@ -88,28 +87,10 @@ export default class Commands {
     const cmd: string =
       'from kale.rpc.nb import unmarshal_data as __kale_rpc_unmarshal_data\n' +
       `locals().update(__kale_rpc_unmarshal_data("${nbFileName}"))`;
-    console.log('Executing command: ' + cmd);
+    console.debug('Executing command: ' + cmd);
     await NotebookUtils.sendKernelRequestFromNotebook(this._notebook, cmd, {});
   };
 
-  getBaseImage = async () => {
-    let baseImage: string | null = null;
-    try {
-      baseImage = await _legacy_executeRpc(
-        this._notebook,
-        this._kernel,
-        'nb.get_base_image',
-      );
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (error instanceof RPCError) {
-        console.warn('Kale is not running in a Notebook Server', error.error);
-      } else {
-        throw error;
-      }
-    }
-    return baseImage;
-  };
-
   getDefaultBaseImage = async (): Promise<string> => {
     try {
       return await _legacy_executeRpc(
@@ -435,7 +416,10 @@ export default class Commands {
         'nb.get_namespace',
       );
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error("Failed to retrieve notebook's namespace");
+      console.warn(
+        "Could not detect the notebook's namespace. " +
+        'Pipeline and run links may not include the correct namespace parameter.'
+      );
       return '';
     }
   };
diff --git a/labextension/src/lib/RPCUtils.tsx b/labextension/src/lib/RPCUtils.tsx
index f2e7af2da..3fb4b901c 100644
--- a/labextension/src/lib/RPCUtils.tsx
+++ b/labextension/src/lib/RPCUtils.tsx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export const executeRpc = async (
     `__kale_rpc_result = __kale_rpc_run("${func}", '${serialize(
       kwargs
     )}', '${serialize(ctx)}')`;
-  console.log('Executing command: ' + cmd);
+  console.debug('Executing command: ' + cmd);
   const expressions = { result: '__kale_rpc_result' };
   let output: any = null;
   try {
diff --git a/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx b/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx
index a91bb9b02..d0954a3fa 100644
--- a/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx
+++ b/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx
@@ -354,14 +354,6 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         if (nbFilePath) {
           await commands.resumeStateIfExploreNotebook(nbFilePath);
         }
-        // Detect the base image of the current Notebook Server
-        const baseImage = await commands.getBaseImage();
-        if (baseImage) {
-          DefaultState.metadata.base_image = baseImage;
-        } else {
-          DefaultState.metadata.base_image = '';
-        }
-
         // Get experiment information last because it may take more time to respond
         this.setState({ gettingExperiments: true });
         const { experiments, experiment, experiment_name } =