def shutdown(pidfile, signalnb=None, frame=None):
    """Clean up pidfile upon shutdown.

    Notice:
        We should register this function as signal handler for the following
        termination signals:
            SIGHUP
            SIGTERM
            SIGABRT
            SIGINT

    Arguments:
        pidfile (str): pidfile to remove
        signalnb (int): The ID of signal
        frame (obj): Frame object at the time of receiving the signal

    """
    log = logging.getLogger(PROGRAM_NAME)
    log.info("received %s at %s", signalnb, frame)
    log.info("going to remove pidfile %s", pidfile)
    # no point to catch possible errors when we delete the pid file
    os.unlink(pidfile)
    log.info('shutdown is complete')
    sys.exit(0)