diff --git a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
index 9d5d7a41cd1..81800c627e4 100755
--- a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
+++ b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
@@ -183,14 +183,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractStoragePoolAllocator extends AdapterBase implement
             return false;
         }
 
-
-        DiskOfferingVO diskOffering = _diskOfferingDao.findById(dskCh.getDiskOfferingId());
-        if (diskOffering.getSystemUse() && pool.getPoolType() == StoragePoolType.RBD) {
-            s_logger.debug("Skipping RBD pool " + pool.getName()
-                    + " as a suitable pool. RBD is not supported for System VM's");
-            return false;
-        }
-
         Long clusterId = pool.getClusterId();
         ClusterVO cluster = _clusterDao.findById(clusterId);
         if (!(cluster.getHypervisorType() == dskCh.getHypervisorType())) {