diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56Resource.java b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56Resource.java
index 114c1d348ff..947a1d28f44 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56Resource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56Resource.java
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ public class XenServer56Resource extends CitrixResourceBase {
     protected SetupAnswer execute(SetupCommand cmd) {
         Connection conn = getConnection();
         try {
-            callHostPluginPremium(conn, "setupXenServer");
             cleanupTemplateSR(conn);
             Host host = Host.getByUuid(conn, _host.uuid);
             try {
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupXenServer.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupXenServer.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 78743d644ca..00000000000
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupXenServer.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# avoid disk full
-mv /etc/cron.daily/logrotate /etc/cron.hourly 2>&1
-
-# more aio thread
-echo 1048576 >/proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr
-
-# empty heartbeat
-cat /dev/null > /opt/xensource/bin/heartbeat
-
-echo "success"
-
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh
index 08e949d2039..911dc03b11f 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh
@@ -21,5 +21,13 @@ sed -i 's/127\.0\.0\.1/0\.0\.0\.0/' /opt/xensource/libexec/qemu-dm-wrapper 2>&1
 sed -i /NOZEROCONF/d /etc/sysconfig/network
 echo "NOZEROCONF=yes" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
 
+mv /etc/cron.daily/logrotate /etc/cron.hourly 2>&1
+
+# more aio thread
+echo 1048576 >/proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr
+
+# empty heartbeat
+cat /dev/null > /opt/xensource/bin/heartbeat
+
 echo "success"
 
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopspremium b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopspremium
index 5fada9eb5f9..d86f0cb147b 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopspremium
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopspremium
@@ -85,17 +85,6 @@ def heartbeat(session, args):
        txt='fail'
     return txt
 
-
-@echo
-def setupXenServer(session, args):
-    try:
-        cmd = ["/bin/bash", "/opt/xensource/bin/setupXenServer.sh"]
-        txt = util.pread2(cmd)
-        return txt
-    except:
-        raise xs_errors.XenError('setupXenServer.sh execution failed.')
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    XenAPIPlugin.dispatch({"copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage":copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage, "copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage":copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage, "setup_heartbeat_sr":setup_heartbeat_sr, "setup_heartbeat_file":setup_heartbeat_file, "check_heartbeat":check_heartbeat, "heartbeat": heartbeat, "setupXenServer":setupXenServer})
+    XenAPIPlugin.dispatch({"copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage":copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage, "copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage":copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage, "setup_heartbeat_sr":setup_heartbeat_sr, "setup_heartbeat_file":setup_heartbeat_file, "check_heartbeat":check_heartbeat, "heartbeat": heartbeat})
 
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch
index dba8a9b8a36..a6f37fde87e 100644
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56/patch
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ setup_heartbeat_file.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 check_heartbeat.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 xenheartbeat.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 launch_hb.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
-setupXenServer.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 vmopspremium=..,0755,/etc/xapi.d/plugins
 InterfaceReconfigure.py=.,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 fsimage.so=..,0755,/usr/lib/fs/ext2fs-lib
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56fp1/patch b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56fp1/patch
index bc1d2c8ed12..4b0ac55346c 100644
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56fp1/patch
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/xenserver56fp1/patch
@@ -40,5 +40,4 @@ setup_heartbeat_file.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 check_heartbeat.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 xenheartbeat.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 launch_hb.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
-setupXenServer.sh=..,0755,/opt/xensource/bin
 vmopspremium=..,0755,/etc/xapi.d/plugins