diff --git a/share/scripts/im/kvm.d/kvm.rb b/share/scripts/im/kvm.d/kvm.rb
index 0b7c664d7b..6228de8c43 100755
--- a/share/scripts/im/kvm.d/kvm.rb
+++ b/share/scripts/im/kvm.d/kvm.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #  TODO : use virsh freecell when available
 ######
 
-nodeinfo_text = `virsh -c qemu:///system nodeinfo`
+nodeinfo_text = `virsh -c qemu:///system nodeinfo --readonly`
 
 nodeinfo_text.split(/\n/).each{|line|
     if     line.match('^CPU\(s\)') 
diff --git a/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/poll b/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/poll
index 98259ff197..33ec0a44f0 100755
--- a/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/poll
+++ b/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/poll
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 
 source $(dirname $0)/kvmrc
 
-# Execution example
-# virsh dominfo one-108 | awk "`cat poll.awk`" | tr '\n' ' '
-
 AWK_SCRIPT='
 BEGIN { FS=":" };
 
@@ -48,15 +45,9 @@ $1=="State" {
 
 deploy_id=$1
 
-virsh_cmd="virsh dominfo $deploy_id"
+virsh_cmd="virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI --readonly dominfo $deploy_id"
 awk_cmd="awk \'$AWK_SCRIPT\'"
 
 info=`$virsh_cmd 2>/dev/null | awk "$AWK_SCRIPT"`
 
 echo $info
-
-
-#virsh_info=`virsh dominfo $deploy_id`
-
-
-
diff --git a/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/shutdown b/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/shutdown
index 393c587382..53d84d25d1 100755
--- a/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/shutdown
+++ b/share/scripts/vmm/kvm/shutdown
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if [ "$exit_code" != "0" ]; then
 fi
 
 count=0
-while [ $(virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI dominfo $deploy_id > /dev/null 2>&1; echo $?) = "0" ]
+while [ $(virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI --readonly dominfo $deploy_id > /dev/null 2>&1; echo $?) = "0" ]
 do 
 	sleep $POLL_INTERVAL
 	if [ "$count" -gt "$TIMEOUT" ]