diff --git a/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js b/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js
index 4a4ed638535..b7f6b222b4f 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
         g_username = $.cookie("username");
         g_account = $.cookie("account");
         g_domainid = $.cookie("domainid");
-        g_timezone = $.cookie("timezone");
-        g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled = $.cookie("directattachsecuritygroupsenabled");
+        g_timezone = $.cookie("timezone");        
         g_userPublicTemplateEnabled = $.cookie("userpublictemplateenabled");
         g_userfullname = $.cookie('userfullname');
         g_userid = $.cookie('userid');
@@ -74,10 +73,7 @@
         if($.cookie("timezoneoffset") != null)
           g_timezoneoffset = isNaN($.cookie("timezoneoffset"))?null: parseFloat($.cookie("timezoneoffset"));
         else
-          g_timezoneoffset = null;
-
-        if (g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled == null || g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled.length == 0)
-          g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled = "false";
+          g_timezoneoffset = null;     
 
         if (g_userPublicTemplateEnabled == null || g_userPublicTemplateEnabled.length == 0)
           g_userPublicTemplateEnabled = "true";
@@ -102,13 +98,7 @@
             if (json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.userpublictemplateenabled != null) {
               g_userPublicTemplateEnabled = json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.userpublictemplateenabled.toString(); //convert boolean to string if it's boolean
               $.cookie('userpublictemplateenabled', g_userPublicTemplateEnabled, { expires: 1});
-            }
-
-            if (json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.securitygroupsenabled != null) {
-              g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled = json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.securitygroupsenabled.toString(); //convert boolean to string if it's boolean
-              $.cookie('directattachsecuritygroupsenabled', g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled, { expires: 1});
-            }
-
+            }  
             userValid = true;
           },
           error: function(xmlHTTP) {
@@ -219,11 +209,6 @@
                   $.cookie('userpublictemplateenabled', g_userPublicTemplateEnabled, { expires: 1});
                 }
 
-                if (json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.securitygroupsenabled != null) {
-                  g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled = json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.securitygroupsenabled.toString(); //convert boolean to string if it's boolean
-                  $.cookie('directattachsecuritygroupsenabled', g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled, { expires: 1});
-                }
-
                 g_userProjectsEnabled = json.listcapabilitiesresponse.capability.allowusercreateprojects;
                 $.cookie('userProjectsEnabled', g_userProjectsEnabled, { expires: 1 });
 
diff --git a/ui/scripts/instances.js b/ui/scripts/instances.js
index a99fb3c4e93..ef574c0d727 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/instances.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/instances.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
                       }
                     });
                                        
-                    if(includingSecurityGroupService == false || selectedHypervisor == "VMware" || g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled != "true") { 
+                    if(includingSecurityGroupService == false || selectedHypervisor == "VMware") { 
                       step5ContainerType = 'nothing-to-select';
                     }
                     else {
diff --git a/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js b/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js
index 03328deef82..97e35597d22 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/sharedFunctions.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ var g_enableLogging = false;
 var g_timezoneoffset = null;
 var g_timezone = null;
 var g_supportELB = null;
-var g_directAttachSecurityGroupsEnabled = "false";
 var g_userPublicTemplateEnabled = "true";
 
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