diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/ipassoc.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/ipassoc.sh
index f326fac9e54..d23ec00de5e 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/ipassoc.sh
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/ipassoc.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ add_first_ip() {
   if [ $if_keep_state -ne 1 -o $old_state -ne 0 ]
   then
       sudo ip link set $ethDev up
-      sudo arping -c 3 -I $ethDev -A -U -s $ipNoMask $ipNoMask;
+      sudo arping -c 1 -I $ethDev -A -U -s $ipNoMask $ipNoMask;
+      sudo arping -c 1 -I $ethDev -A -U -s $ipNoMask $ipNoMask;
   fi
   add_routing $1 
 
@@ -273,7 +274,8 @@ add_an_ip () {
   if [ $if_keep_state -ne 1 -o $old_state -ne 0 ]
   then
       sudo ip link set $ethDev up
-      sudo arping -c 3 -I $ethDev -A -U -s $ipNoMask $ipNoMask;
+      sudo arping -c 1 -I $ethDev -A -U -s $ipNoMask $ipNoMask;
+      sudo arping -c 1 -I $ethDev -A -U -s $ipNoMask $ipNoMask;
   fi
   add_routing $1 
   return $?
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/ssh/SshHelper.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/ssh/SshHelper.java
index 6ee87ad722c..fb81e506ee5 100755
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/ssh/SshHelper.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/ssh/SshHelper.java
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ public class SshHelper {
 			}
 			sess = conn.openSession();
 			
-			// There is a bug in Trilead library, wait a second before
-			// starting a shell and executing commands, from http://spci.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/chiron/xref/nl/tudelft/swerl/util/SSHConnection.html
-			Thread.sleep(1000);
-			
 			sess.execCommand(command);
 			
 			InputStream stdout = sess.getStdout();