diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineName.java b/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineName.java
index 4bbcb64ebca..e6c2fbaab1b 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineName.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineName.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package com.cloud.vm;
 
 import java.util.Formatter;
 
-import com.cloud.dc.Vlan;
-
 /**
  * VM Name.
  */
@@ -52,8 +50,8 @@ public class VirtualMachineName {
 
     public static boolean isValidVmName(String vmName, String instance) {
         String[] tokens = vmName.split(SEPARATOR);
-        /*Some vms doesn't have vlan/vnet id*/
-        if (tokens.length != 5 && tokens.length != 4) {
+
+        if (tokens.length <= 1) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -61,17 +59,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineName {
             return false;
         }
 
-        try {
-            Long.parseLong(tokens[1]);
-            Long.parseLong(tokens[2]);
-            if (tokens.length == 5 && !Vlan.UNTAGGED.equalsIgnoreCase(tokens[4])) {
-                Long.parseLong(tokens[4], 16);
-            }
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return instance == null || instance.equals(tokens[3]);
+        return true;
     }
 
     public static String getVmName(long vmId, long userId, String instance) {