diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/downloader.sh b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/downloader.sh
index 66daf438fa..dcdee6ac79 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/downloader.sh
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/downloader.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ function get_rbd_cmd
     echo "ssh '$(esc_sq "$DST_HOST")' \"$RBD export '$(esc_sq "$SOURCE")' -\""
 }
 
-TEMP=`getopt -o m:s:l:c:n -l md5:,sha1:,limit:,max-size:,convert:,nodecom -- "$@"`
+TEMP=`getopt -o m:s:l:c:n -l md5:,sha1:,limit:,max-size:,nodecomp -- "$@"`
 
 if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
     echo "Arguments error" >&2
@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ while true; do
             export MAX_SIZE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
-        --convert)
-            export CONVERT="$2"
-            shift 2
-            ;;
         --)
             shift
             break
@@ -397,44 +393,3 @@ fi
 if [ "$TO" != "-" ]; then
     unarchive "$TO"
 fi
-
-# Function to know what is the original image type
-# Figure out what type of image it is
-function get_original_type
-{
-    command_get_type="qemu-img info "$TO""
-    output_get_type=$(eval "$command_get_type")
-
-    split=$(echo $output_get_type | tr ":" "\n")
-    count=0
-    format=""
-
-    for pal in $split
-    do
-        if [ "$count" == 4 ]; then
-            format=$pal
-            break
-        fi
-        count=$((count+1))
-    done
-    echo $format
-}
-
-# Convert the image to a given type into a tmp image with qemu-img
-if [ ! -z "$CONVERT" ]; then
-
-    tmpimage=$TO".tmp"
-
-    original_type=$(get_original_type)
-    convert_type=$CONVERT
-
-    # if the type of the image differs from the target type we need to convert the image
-    if [ "$original_type" != "$convert_type" ]; then
-        convert="qemu-img convert -f "$original_type" -O "$convert_type" "$TO" "$tmpimage""
-        eval "$convert"
-
-        # Move tmp image to get the final image
-        mvcommand="mv "$tmpimage" "$TO""
-        eval "$mvcommand"
-    fi
-fi
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/cp
index 9575bb93ec..94c14ec7cc 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/cp
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ if VCenterDriver::FileHelper.is_remote_or_needs_unpack?(img_path)
     downsh_args << "--sha1 #{sha1} " if sha1 && !sha1.empty?
     downsh_args << "--nodecomp " if nodecomp && !nodecomp.empty?
     downsh_args << "--limit #{limit_bw} " if limit_bw && !limit_bw.empty?
-    downsh_args << "--convert vmdk"
 
     downloader = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../downloader.sh #{downsh_args}"