diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/to/VirtualMachineTO.java b/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/to/VirtualMachineTO.java
index 9fda4e46446..0e2be2bc31d 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/to/VirtualMachineTO.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/to/VirtualMachineTO.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ public class VirtualMachineTO {
     String bootArgs;
     String[] bootupScripts;
     boolean rebootOnCrash;
-    Monitor monitor;
 
     VolumeTO[] disks;
     NicTO[] nics;
@@ -70,14 +69,6 @@ public class VirtualMachineTO {
         return name;
     }
 
-    public Monitor getMonitor() {
-        return monitor;
-    }
-
-    public void setMonitor(Monitor monitor) {
-        this.monitor = monitor;
-    }
-
     public void setName(String name) {
         this.name = name;
     }
@@ -187,26 +178,4 @@ public class VirtualMachineTO {
     public void setNics(NicTO[] nics) {
         this.nics = nics;
     }
-
-    public static interface Monitor {
-
-    }
-
-    public static class SshMonitor implements Monitor {
-        String ip;
-        int port;
-
-        public String getIp() {
-            return ip;
-        }
-
-        public int getPort() {
-            return port;
-        }
-
-        public SshMonitor(String ip, int port) {
-            this.ip = ip;
-            this.port = port;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
index 513b9fad1a2..d7aa0500dd9 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.to.NicTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.PortForwardingRuleTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.StorageFilerTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VirtualMachineTO;
-import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VirtualMachineTO.Monitor;
-import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VirtualMachineTO.SshMonitor;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VolumeTO;
 import com.cloud.dc.Vlan;
 import com.cloud.exception.InternalErrorException;
@@ -829,25 +827,6 @@ public abstract class CitrixResourceBase implements ServerResource {
                 	}
                 }   
             }
-
-            Monitor monitor = vmSpec.getMonitor();
-            if (monitor != null && monitor instanceof SshMonitor) {
-                SshMonitor sshMon = (SshMonitor)monitor;
-                String privateIp = sshMon.getIp();
-                int cmdPort = sshMon.getPort();
-                
-                if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                    s_logger.debug("Ping command port, " + privateIp + ":" + cmdPort);
-                }
-    
-                String result = connect(conn, vmName, privateIp, cmdPort);
-                if (result != null) {
-                    throw new CloudRuntimeException("Can not ping System vm " + vmName + "due to:" + result);
-                } 
-                if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                    s_logger.debug("Ping command port succeeded for vm " + vmName);
-                }
-            }
             
             state = State.Running;
             return new StartAnswer(cmd);