diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/iptables b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/iptables
deleted file mode 100644
index 41c3380d61a..00000000000
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/iptables
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Firewall configuration written by system-config-securitylevel
-# Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
-*filter
-:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
-:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-:RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0]
--A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
--A FORWARD -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 5353 -d 224.0.0.251 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 694 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5900:6099 -j ACCEPT 
--A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
-COMMIT
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch
index 2ede998d5b8..429b539aab0 100644
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch
@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@
 # If [source path] starts with '/', then it is absolute path.
 # If [source path] starts with '~', then it is path relative to management server home directory.
 # If [source path] does not start with '/' or '~', then it is relative path to the location of the patch file. 
-qemu-dm-wrapper=/opt/xensource/libexec
 scsiutil.py=/opt/xensource/sm
 cleanup.py=/opt/xensource/sm
-vncterm-wrapper=/opt/xensource/libexec
 NFSSR.py=/opt/xensource/sm
 ISCSISR.py=/opt/xensource/sm
 LUNperVDI.py=/opt/xensource/sm
 nfs.py=/opt/xensource/sm
-iptables=/etc/sysconfig
 patch.tgz=..,0775,/opt/xensource/bin
 vmops=..,0755,/etc/xapi.d/plugins
 systemvm.zip=../../../../../vms,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/qemu-dm-wrapper b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/qemu-dm-wrapper
deleted file mode 100755
index e4653e79446..00000000000
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/qemu-dm-wrapper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-#
-# Copyright (c) Citrix Systems 2007-2008. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Xen, the Xen logo, XenCenter, XenMotion are trademarks or registered
-# trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc., in the United States and other
-# countries.
-
-import sys, os, time, resource
-
-DOMID=int(sys.argv[1])
-LOGFILE=sys.argv[2]
-
-SQUASH_VNC=False
-SDL_ENABLED=True
-SDL_ZOOM_ENABLED=True
-
-# enabling core dumps if /var/xen/qemu is not a ramdisk, disabling otherwise
-try :
-    newlimits = None
-    oldlimits = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE)
-    f = open("/etc/mtab", "r")
-    for line in f:
-        if line.find("/var/xen/qemu") is not -1:
-            if line.find("tmpfs") is not -1 or line.find("ramfs") is not -1 :
-                newlimits = (0, oldlimits[1])
-            break
-    if newlimits is None:
-        newlimits = (64 * 1024 * 1024, oldlimits[1])
-    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, newlimits)
-    f.close()
-except:
-    pass
-
-# Check X is running -- disable SDL if it isn't:
-h = os.popen("/bin/ps aux | /bin/fgrep 'X :0' | /bin/fgrep -v fgrep | /usr/bin/wc -l")
-x_is_running = int(h.read())
-h.close()
-if not x_is_running:
-    SDL_ENABLED=False
-    SDL_ZOOM_ENABLED=False
-
-log = open(LOGFILE, "wa")
-log.write("qemu-dm-wrapper in python:\n")
-log.write("Using domid: %d\n" % DOMID)
-log.write("Core dumps size limit: %d\n" % newlimits[0])
-log.write("Arguments: %s\n" % " ".join(sys.argv[2:]))
-os.system("xenstore-write /local/domain/%d/qemu-pid %d\n" % (DOMID, os.getpid()))
-if SQUASH_VNC:
-    os.system("xenstore-write /local/domain/%d/console/vnc-port %d\n" % (DOMID, 6900+DOMID))
-
-qemu_args = sys.argv[2:]
-qemu_args.append("-monitor")
-qemu_args.append("pty")
-
-if SDL_ENABLED:
-    qemu_args.append("-nograb")
-    qemu_args.append("-sdl")
-
-if SDL_ZOOM_ENABLED:
-    h = os.popen("/usr/bin/xenstore-read /local/host/display/vm-geometry", "r")
-    geom = h.read().strip()
-    h.close()
-
-    if geom != "":
-        qemu_args.append("-geometry")
-        qemu_args.append(geom)
-
-# suppress the vnc args to qemu-dm
-if SQUASH_VNC:
-    try:
-        vnc_idx = qemu_args.index("-vnc")
-        del qemu_args[vnc_idx: vnc_idx+2]
-    except ValueError, IndexError:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        vnc_idx = qemu_args.index("-vncunused")
-        del qemu_args[vnc_idx: vnc_idx+1]
-    except ValueError, IndexError:
-        pass
-else:
-    qemu_args.append("-vnclisten")
-    qemu_args.append("0.0.0.0:1")
-
-def vm_uuid_from_dom_id(domid):
-        # domid --> uuid
-        h = os.popen("/opt/xensource/bin/list_domains | cut -f0-2 -d'|' | egrep '(^ *%d *\|)' | cut -f 2 -d'|'" % domid, "r")
-        uuid = h.read().strip()
-        h.close()
-        return uuid
-
-qemu_env = os.environ
-if SDL_ENABLED:
-    # define qemu_env, add DISPLAY
-    qemu_env["DISPLAY"] = ":0.0"
-    # add the SDL env to set the qemu-dm window WM_CLASS, so that Ion can place the
-    # window in the correct workspace.
-    vm_uuid = vm_uuid_from_dom_id(DOMID)
-    qemu_env["SDL_VIDEO_X11_WMCLASS"] = "HVMXEN-" + vm_uuid
-    qemu_env["XAUTHORITY"] = "/root/.Xauthority"
-    qemu_env["HOME"] = "/root"
-    qemu_env["SDL_DISABLE_WAITMAPPED"] = "True"
-
-log.write("Arguments adjusted to: %s\n" % " ".join(qemu_args))
-log.write("everything else is from qemu-dm:\n")
-log.flush()
-
-# redirect stdout to append to logfile
-os.dup2(log.fileno(), 1)
-
-# redirect stderr to stdout (which now goes to the log)
-os.dup2(1, 2)
-
-os.execve("/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm", qemu_args, qemu_env)
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/vncterm-wrapper b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/vncterm-wrapper
deleted file mode 100755
index a5d5d00bb19..00000000000
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/vncterm-wrapper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (c) Citrix Systems 2007-2008. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Xen, the Xen logo, XenCenter, XenMotion are trademarks or registered
-# trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc., in the United States and other
-# countries.
-
-DOMID=$1
-shift 1
-
-#Getting the VM UUID
-export VMUUID=`/opt/xensource/bin/list_domains -domid $DOMID -minimal`
-
-#For security reasons, we only listen on locahost by default
-export VNCTERM_LISTEN="-v 0.0.0.0:1"
-
-VNCVIEWER=""
-if test `/bin/ps aux | /bin/fgrep 'X :0' | /bin/fgrep -v fgrep | /usr/bin/wc -l` -eq 1 && test $DOMID -gt 0
-then
-    VNCVIEWER="--vncviewer=FullColor=0;LowColourLevel=2;AutoSelect=0;MenuKey="
-fi
-
-export DISPLAY=":0.0"
-export HOME="/root"
-export XAUTHORITY="/root/.Xauthority"
-
-# enabling core dumps if /var/xen/vncterm is not a ramdisk, disabling otherwise
-if test "`grep -E "/var/xen/vncterm.*(tmpfs|ramfs)" /etc/mtab`"
-then
-	ulimit -Sc 0
-else
-	ulimit -Sc 67108864
-fi
-
-echo vncterm-wrapper:
-xenstore-write -s /local/domain/$DOMID/serial/0/vncterm-pid $$
-if [ -z "${XIU}" ]; then
-	exec /usr/lib/xen/bin/vncterm $VNCTERM_LISTEN $VNCVIEWER $* > /dev/null 2>&1
-else
-	exec xenstore-write -s /local/domain/$DOMID/serial/0/vnc-port 0
-fi