diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
index d774d7bfd9d..7976a7bae53 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ public abstract class CitrixResourceBase implements ServerResource, HypervisorRe
     protected boolean _canBridgeFirewall = false;
     protected boolean _isOvs = false;
     protected List<VIF> _tmpDom0Vif = new ArrayList<VIF>();
-    protected String _localGateway;
 
     public enum SRType {
         NFS, LVM, ISCSI, ISO, LVMOISCSI, LVMOHBA, EXT;
@@ -2576,13 +2575,6 @@ public abstract class CitrixResourceBase implements ServerResource, HypervisorRe
 
         setupLinkLocalNetwork(conn);
 
-        _localGateway = callHostPlugin(conn, "vmops", "getgateway", "mgmtIP", _host.ip);
-        if (_localGateway == null || _localGateway.isEmpty()) {
-            String msg = "can not get gateway for host :" + _host.uuid;
-            s_logger.warn(msg);
-            return new ReadyAnswer(cmd, msg);
-        }
-
         try {
             boolean result = cleanupHaltedVms(conn);
             if (!result) {