diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index 945773ec667..0024b441d1d 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocator;
 import com.vmware.vim25.VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo;
 import com.vmware.vim25.VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitchVlanIdSpec;
 
-import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.command.DeleteCommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.command.StorageSubSystemCommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.to.TemplateObjectTO;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.to.VolumeObjectTO;
@@ -3823,151 +3822,6 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
         }
     }
 
-    public Answer execute(DeleteCommand cmd) {
-        if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            s_logger.info("Executing resource DeleteCommand: " + _gson.toJson(cmd));
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * DestroyCommand content exafmple
-         *
-         * {"volume": {"id":5,"name":"Volume1", "mountPoint":"/export/home/kelven/vmware-test/primary",
-         * "path":"6bb8762f-c34c-453c-8e03-26cc246ceec4", "size":0,"type":"DATADISK","resourceType":
-         * "STORAGE_POOL","storagePoolType":"NetworkFilesystem", "poolId":0,"deviceId":0 } }
-         *
-         * {"volume": {"id":1, "name":"i-2-1-KY-ROOT", "mountPoint":"/export/home/kelven/vmware-test/primary",
-         * "path":"i-2-1-KY-ROOT","size":0,"type":"ROOT", "resourceType":"STORAGE_POOL", "storagePoolType":"NetworkFilesystem",
-         * "poolId":0,"deviceId":0 } }
-         */
-
-        try {
-            VmwareContext context = getServiceContext();
-            VmwareHypervisorHost hyperHost = getHyperHost(context);
-            VolumeObjectTO vol = (VolumeObjectTO)cmd.getData();
-            DataStoreTO store = vol.getDataStore();
-
-            ManagedObjectReference morDs = HypervisorHostHelper.findDatastoreWithBackwardsCompatibility(hyperHost, store.getUuid());
-            if (morDs == null) {
-                String msg = "Unable to find datastore based on volume mount point " + store.getUrl();
-                s_logger.error(msg);
-                throw new Exception(msg);
-            }
-
-            DatastoreMO dsMo = new DatastoreMO(context, morDs);
-
-            ManagedObjectReference morDc = hyperHost.getHyperHostDatacenter();
-            ManagedObjectReference morCluster = hyperHost.getHyperHostCluster();
-            ClusterMO clusterMo = new ClusterMO(context, morCluster);
-
-            if (vol.getVolumeType() == Volume.Type.ROOT) {
-                String vmName = vol.getVmName();
-                if (vmName != null) {
-                    VirtualMachineMO vmMo = clusterMo.findVmOnHyperHost(vmName);
-                    if (vmMo != null) {
-                        if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                            s_logger.info("Destroy root volume and VM itself. vmName " + vmName);
-                        }
-
-                        HostMO hostMo = vmMo.getRunningHost();
-                        List<NetworkDetails> networks = vmMo.getNetworksWithDetails();
-
-                        // tear down all devices first before we destroy the VM to avoid accidently delete disk backing files
-                        if (getVmPowerState(vmMo) != PowerState.PowerOff)
-                            vmMo.safePowerOff(_shutdownWaitMs);
-                        vmMo.tearDownDevices(new Class<?>[] { /* VirtualDisk.class, */VirtualEthernetCard.class});
-                        vmMo.destroy();
-
-                        for (NetworkDetails netDetails : networks) {
-                            if (netDetails.getGCTag() != null && netDetails.getGCTag().equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
-                                if (netDetails.getVMMorsOnNetwork() == null || netDetails.getVMMorsOnNetwork().length == 1) {
-                                    cleanupNetwork(hostMo, netDetails);
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled())
-                        s_logger.info("Destroy volume by original name: " + vol.getPath() + ".vmdk");
-                    dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + ".vmdk", morDc, true);
-
-                    // root volume may be created via linked-clone, delete the delta disk as well
-                    if (_fullCloneFlag) {
-                        if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                            s_logger.info("Destroy volume by derived name: " + vol.getPath() + "-flat.vmdk");
-                        }
-                        dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + "-flat.vmdk", morDc, true);
-                    } else {
-                        if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                            s_logger.info("Destroy volume by derived name: " + vol.getPath() + "-delta.vmdk");
-                        }
-                        dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + "-delta.vmdk", morDc, true);
-                    }
-                    return new Answer(cmd, true, "Success");
-                }
-
-                if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                    s_logger.info("Destroy root volume directly from datastore");
-                }
-            } else {
-                // evitTemplate will be converted into DestroyCommand, test if we are running in this case
-                VirtualMachineMO vmMo = clusterMo.findVmOnHyperHost(vol.getPath());
-                if (vmMo != null) {
-                    if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled())
-                        s_logger.info("Destroy template volume " + vol.getPath());
-
-                    vmMo.destroy();
-                    return new Answer(cmd, true, "Success");
-                }
-            }
-
-            String chainInfo = vol.getChainInfo();
-            if (chainInfo != null && !chainInfo.isEmpty()) {
-                s_logger.info("Destroy volume by chain info: " + chainInfo);
-                String[] diskChain = _gson.fromJson(chainInfo, String[].class);
-
-                if (diskChain != null && diskChain.length > 0) {
-                    for (String backingName : diskChain) {
-                        if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                            s_logger.info("Delete volume backing file: " + backingName);
-                        }
-                        dsMo.deleteFile(backingName, morDc, true);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                        s_logger.info("Empty disk chain info, fall back to try to delete by original backing file name");
-                    }
-                    dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + ".vmdk", morDc, true);
-
-                    if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                        s_logger.info("Destroy volume by derived name: " + vol.getPath() + "-flat.vmdk");
-                    }
-                    dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + "-flat.vmdk", morDc, true);
-                }
-            } else {
-                if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                    s_logger.info("Destroy volume by original name: " + vol.getPath() + ".vmdk");
-                }
-                dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + ".vmdk", morDc, true);
-
-                if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                    s_logger.info("Destroy volume by derived name: " + vol.getPath() + "-flat.vmdk");
-                }
-                dsMo.deleteFile(vol.getPath() + "-flat.vmdk", morDc, true);
-            }
-
-            return new Answer(cmd, true, "Success");
-        } catch (Throwable e) {
-            if (e instanceof RemoteException) {
-                s_logger.warn("Encounter remote exception to vCenter, invalidate VMware session context");
-                invalidateServiceContext();
-            }
-
-            String msg = "DestroyCommand failed due to " + VmwareHelper.getExceptionMessage(e);
-            s_logger.error(msg, e);
-            return new Answer(cmd, false, msg);
-        }
-    }
-
     public void cleanupNetwork(HostMO hostMo, NetworkDetails netDetails) {
         // we will no longer cleanup VLAN networks in order to support native VMware HA
         /*