diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index c14e53325a..8bae510d82 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -514,15 +514,7 @@ void LifeCycleManager::trigger_shutdown(int vid, bool hard,
                 vm->get_state() == VirtualMachine::UNDEPLOYED)
         {
             vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::ACTIVE);
-
-            if ( vm->get_state() == VirtualMachine::STOPPED )
-            {
-                vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::EPILOG_STOP);
-            }
-            else // if ( vm->get_state() == VirtualMachine::UNDEPLOYED )
-            {
-                vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::EPILOG_UNDEPLOY);
-            }
+            vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::EPILOG);
 
             Quotas::vm_check(uid, gid, &quota_tmpl, error);