diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/NetworkOrchestrator.java b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/NetworkOrchestrator.java
index 51b71d911ce..9e49148f402 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/NetworkOrchestrator.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/NetworkOrchestrator.java
@@ -2014,6 +2014,15 @@ public class NetworkOrchestrator extends ManagerBase implements NetworkOrchestra
 
         final List<NicVO> nics = _nicDao.listByVmId(vm.getId());
         for (final NicVO nic : nics) {
+            final NetworkVO network = _networksDao.findById(nic.getNetworkId());
+            if (network != null && network.getTrafficType() == TrafficType.Guest) {
+                final String nicIp = Strings.isNullOrEmpty(nic.getIPv4Address()) ? nic.getIPv6Address() : nic.getIPv4Address();
+                if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(nicIp)) {
+                    NicProfile nicProfile = new NicProfile(nic.getIPv4Address(), nic.getIPv6Address(), nic.getMacAddress());
+                    nicProfile.setId(nic.getId());
+                    cleanupNicDhcpDnsEntry(network, vm, nicProfile);
+                }
+            }
             removeNic(vm, nic);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/VirtualRouterElement.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/VirtualRouterElement.java
index aefa528bea7..97a26d4f68d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/VirtualRouterElement.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/VirtualRouterElement.java
@@ -896,7 +896,6 @@ NetworkMigrationResponder, AggregatedCommandExecutor, RedundantResource, DnsServ
     @Override
     public boolean release(final Network network, final NicProfile nic, final VirtualMachineProfile vm, final ReservationContext context) throws ConcurrentOperationException,
     ResourceUnavailableException {
-        removeDhcpEntry(network, nic, vm);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 2503b33e333..bb4246eb7df 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ import com.cloud.vm.dao.VMInstanceDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.snapshot.VMSnapshotManager;
 import com.cloud.vm.snapshot.VMSnapshotVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.snapshot.dao.VMSnapshotDao;
-import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 
 public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, VirtualMachineGuru, UserVmService, Configurable {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(UserVmManagerImpl.class);
@@ -4479,19 +4478,6 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
 
     @Override
     public void finalizeExpunge(VirtualMachine vm) {
-        final VirtualMachineProfile profile = new VirtualMachineProfileImpl(vm);
-        final List<NicVO> nics = _nicDao.listByVmId(vm.getId());
-        for (final NicVO nic : nics) {
-            final NetworkVO network = _networkDao.findById(nic.getNetworkId());
-            if (network != null && network.getTrafficType() == TrafficType.Guest) {
-                final String nicIp = Strings.isNullOrEmpty(nic.getIPv4Address()) ? nic.getIPv6Address() : nic.getIPv4Address();
-                if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(nicIp)) {
-                    NicProfile nicProfile = new NicProfile(nic.getIPv4Address(), nic.getIPv6Address(), nic.getMacAddress());
-                    nicProfile.setId(nic.getId());
-                    _networkMgr.cleanupNicDhcpDnsEntry(network, profile, nicProfile);
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     @Override