diff --git a/bin/pvestatd b/bin/pvestatd
index 5c5c2291f..59d53e1d5 100755
--- a/bin/pvestatd
+++ b/bin/pvestatd
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use PVE::OpenVZ;
 use PVE::RPCEnvironment;
 use PVE::API2::Subscription;
 use PVE::AutoBalloon;
-use PVE::Firewall;
 
 $SIG{'__WARN__'} = sub {
     my $err = $@;
@@ -334,13 +333,6 @@ sub update_storage_status {
     }
 }
 
-sub update_pve_firewall {
-
-    local $SIG{'__WARN__'} = 'IGNORE'; # do not fill up logs
-    
-    PVE::Firewall::update();
-}
-
 sub update_status {
 
     # update worker list. This is not really required and
@@ -382,13 +374,6 @@ sub update_status {
     };
     $err = $@;
     syslog('err', "openvz console cleanup error: $err") if $err;
-
-    eval {
-	update_pve_firewall();
-    };
-    $err = $@;
-    syslog('err', "pve firewall update error: $err") if $err;
-
 }
 
 my $next_update = 0;