diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/poll b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/poll
index 11e5536c2d..ee56cdbda6 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/poll
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/poll
@@ -464,16 +464,6 @@ EOT
 
         return uuid, template
     end
-
-    def self.rbd_pool(pool, auth = nil)
-        @@rbd_pool ||= {}
-
-        if @@rbd_pool[pool].nil?
-            @@rbd_pool[pool] = `rbd #{auth} ls -l -p #{pool} --format xml`
-        end
-
-        @@rbd_pool[pool]
-    end
 end
 
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