diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/CiscoNexusVSMService.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/CiscoNexusVSMService.java
index 0316bf7eae0..6f9422f9ade 100644
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/CiscoNexusVSMService.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/CiscoNexusVSMService.java
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 
 package com.cloud.utils.cisco.n1kv.vsm;
 
-import com.cloud.utils.cisco.n1kv.vsm.VSMCommand;
-import com.cloud.utils.cisco.n1kv.vsm.VSMResponse;
-
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 // import all the packages we need here.
@@ -39,14 +36,6 @@ public class CiscoNexusVSMService extends Object {
 				// any state info regarding this session.
 	}
 	
-	public static VSMResponse executeVSMCommand(VSMCommand cmd) {
-		VSMResponse resp = new VSMResponse();
-		return resp;	// for now we just return a dummy response. We define these new
-						// VSMCommand and VSMResponse classes in this same package. The
-						// input params to this function may change as we put in more
-						// concrete functionality.
-	}
-	
 }
 		
 	 
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/VSMCommand.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/VSMCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c4eb9c42045..00000000000
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/VSMCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2012 Citrix Systems, Inc. Licensed under the
-// Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this
-// file except in compliance with the License.  Citrix Systems, Inc.
-// reserves all rights not expressly granted by the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-//
-
-package com.cloud.utils.cisco.n1kv.vsm;
-
-public class VSMCommand {
-	String XML_command;
-	
-	public void setXMLCommand(String xmlCmd) {
-		this.XML_command = xmlCmd;
-		return;
-	}
-	
-	public String getXMLCommand() {
-		return this.XML_command;
-	}
-	
-	// we probably should put in other functions here
-	// that help construct the XML command. Or probably
-	// we're better off putting them in the layers that
-	// create an object of this class.
-}
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diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/VSMResponse.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/VSMResponse.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2168152bac7..00000000000
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/cisco/n1kv/vsm/VSMResponse.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2012 Citrix Systems, Inc. Licensed under the
-// Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this
-// file except in compliance with the License.  Citrix Systems, Inc.
-// reserves all rights not expressly granted by the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-//
-
-package com.cloud.utils.cisco.n1kv.vsm;
-
-public class VSMResponse {
-	String XML_response;
-	
-	public void setXMLresponse(String xmlResp) {
-		this.XML_response = xmlResp;
-		return;
-	}
-	
-	public String getXMLResponse() {
-		return this.XML_response;
-	}
-	
-	// we probably should put in other functions here
-	// that help parse the XML command. Or probably
-	// we're better off putting them in the layers that
-	// create an object of this class.
-}
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