diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index 9b1fbb7c8f5..07cd5f0c401 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -418,12 +418,6 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl implements ConfigurationManager, Configura
     	vmInstance.add(2, "there are virtual machines running in this pod");
     	tablesToCheck.add(vmInstance);
     	
-//    	List<String> alert = new ArrayList<String>();
-//		alert.add(0, "alert");
-//		alert.add(1, "pod_id");
-//		alert.add(2, "there are alerts for this pod");
-//		tablesToCheck.add(alert);
-    	
     	for (List<String> table : tablesToCheck) {
     		String tableName = table.get(0);
     		String column = table.get(1);
@@ -816,12 +810,6 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl implements ConfigurationManager, Configura
     protected void checkIfZoneIsDeletable(long zoneId)  {
     	List<List<String>> tablesToCheck = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
     	
-    	List<String> alert = new ArrayList<String>();
-		alert.add(0, "alert");
-		alert.add(1, "data_center_id");
-		alert.add(2, "there are alerts for this zone");
-		tablesToCheck.add(alert);
-    	
     	List<String> host = new ArrayList<String>();
     	host.add(0, "host");
     	host.add(1, "data_center_id");