diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/SetVMOSTypeCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/SetVMOSTypeCmd.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ec4e961eb8..00000000000
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/SetVMOSTypeCmd.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *  Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud.com, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- * 
- * This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
- * 
- * It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * 
- */
-package com.cloud.api.commands;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-import com.cloud.api.ApiConstants;
-import com.cloud.api.BaseCmd;
-import com.cloud.api.Implementation;
-import com.cloud.api.Parameter;
-import com.cloud.api.ServerApiException;
-import com.cloud.api.response.UserVmResponse;
-import com.cloud.uservm.UserVm;
-
-@Implementation(description="Set VM OS Type.", responseObject=UserVmResponse.class)
-public class SetVMOSTypeCmd extends BaseCmd {
-    public static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(SetVMOSTypeCmd.class.getName());
-
-    private static final String s_name = "SetVMOSTypeResponse";
-
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    //////////////// API parameters /////////////////////
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required=true, description="the ID of the virtual machine")
-    private Long virtualMachineId;
-
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.OS_TYPE_ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required=true, description="the ID of the OS Type that best represents the OS of this template.")
-    private Long osTypeId;
-
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-    public Long getOsTypeId() {
-        return osTypeId;
-    }
-
-    public Long getVirtualMachineId() {
-        return virtualMachineId;
-    }
-
-
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    /////////////// API Implementation///////////////////
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-    @Override
-    public String getCommandName() {
-        return s_name;
-    }   
-
-   
-    @Override
-    public void execute(){
-        boolean result = _userVmService.setVMOSType(this);
-        if (result) {
-            UserVm userVm = _responseGenerator.findUserVmById(virtualMachineId);
-            if (userVm != null) {
-                UserVmResponse response = _responseGenerator.createUserVmResponse(userVm);            
-                response.setResponseName(DeployVMCmd.getResultObjectName());           
-                this.setResponseObject(response);
-            } else {
-                throw new ServerApiException(BaseCmd.INTERNAL_ERROR, "Failed to set VM OS type");
-            }
-        } else {
-            throw new ServerApiException(BaseCmd.INTERNAL_ERROR, "Failed to set VM OS type");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmService.java b/api/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmService.java
index 836d784e45e..bc73f6a4d3f 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmService.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmService.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import com.cloud.api.commands.DetachVolumeCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.RebootVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.RecoverVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.ResetVMPasswordCmd;
-import com.cloud.api.commands.SetVMOSTypeCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.StartVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.StopVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.UpdateVMCmd;
@@ -64,13 +63,6 @@ public interface UserVmService {
      */
     UserVm destroyVm(long vmId) throws ResourceUnavailableException, ConcurrentOperationException;
     
-    /**
-     * Destroys one virtual machine
-     * @param VMId the id of virtual machine
-     * @param OSTypeId the id of guest OS type
-     */
-    boolean setVMOSType(SetVMOSTypeCmd cmd);
-    
     /**
      * Resets the password of a virtual machine.
      * @param cmd - the command specifying vmId, password
diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in b/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in
index 5011277d6ed..6d526e97c5d 100755
--- a/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ listResourceLimits=com.cloud.api.commands.ListResourceLimitsCmd;15
 
 #### VM commands
 deployVirtualMachine=com.cloud.api.commands.DeployVMCmd;11
-setVMOSType=com.cloud.api.commands.SetVMOSTypeCmd;15
 destroyVirtualMachine=com.cloud.api.commands.DestroyVMCmd;15
 rebootVirtualMachine=com.cloud.api.commands.RebootVMCmd;15
 startVirtualMachine=com.cloud.api.commands.StartVMCmd;15
@@ -240,4 +239,4 @@ listNetworkOfferings=com.cloud.api.commands.ListNetworkOfferingsCmd;15
 #### network commands
 createNetwork=com.cloud.api.commands.CreateNetworkCmd;15
 deleteNetwork=com.cloud.api.commands.DeleteNetworkCmd;15
-listNetworks=com.cloud.api.commands.ListNetworksCmd;15
+listNetworks=com.cloud.api.commands.ListNetworksCmd;15
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 4998cba8419..6e7cda36b36 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ import com.cloud.api.commands.DetachVolumeCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.RebootVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.RecoverVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.ResetVMPasswordCmd;
-import com.cloud.api.commands.SetVMOSTypeCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.StartVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.StopVMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.UpdateVMCmd;
@@ -3277,18 +3276,6 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
         }
         return _vmDao.findById(id);
 	}
-	
-    @Override
-    public boolean setVMOSType(SetVMOSTypeCmd cmd) {
-        long id = cmd.getVirtualMachineId();
-        UserVmVO vmInstance = _vmDao.findById(id);
-        if (vmInstance == null) {
-            throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to find virtual machine with id " + id + ", internal error.");
-        }
-        vmInstance.setGuestOSId(cmd.getOsTypeId());
-        _vmDao.update(id, vmInstance);
-        return true;
-    }
 
 	@Override
 	public UserVm startVirtualMachine(StartVMCmd cmd) throws ExecutionException, ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException, InsufficientCapacityException {