diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/snapshot_create b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/snapshot_create
index 67e451bc7e..43fa372fa5 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/snapshot_create
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/snapshot_create
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ $: << File.dirname(__FILE__)
 require 'vmware_driver'
 
 deploy_id   = ARGV[0]
-snapshot_id = ARGV[1]
 host        = ARGV[3]
 
 vmware_drv = VMwareDriver.new(host)
 
-hypervisor_id = vmware_drv.snapshot_create(deploy_id, snapshot_id)
+hypervisor_id = vmware_drv.snapshot_create(deploy_id)
 
 puts hypervisor_id
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmware_driver.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmware_driver.rb
index 85e01a8fa4..c2604bb15d 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmware_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmware_driver.rb
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ class VMwareDriver
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     # Creates a new system snapshot                                            #
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
-    def snapshot_create(deploy_id, snapshot_id = nil)
+    def snapshot_create(deploy_id)
         rc, info = do_action(
-            "virsh -c #{@uri} snapshot-create-as #{deploy_id} #{snapshot_id}")
+            "virsh -c #{@uri} snapshot-create-as #{deploy_id}")
 
         exit info if rc == false
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class VMwareDriver
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     def snapshot_revert(deploy_id, snapshot_id)
         action = "virsh -c #{@uri} snapshot-revert " <<
-                 "--force #{deploy_id} #{snapshot_id}")
+                 "--force #{deploy_id} #{snapshot_id}"
 
         rc, info = do_action(action)