diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py
index cb7ec15..e54b7e1 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@
 parentdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),"..")
 sys.path.insert(0,parentdir)
 
-from broadbandshield import BBS
-
 logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
 ENABLE_QUICK_UPDATE=False
 
-CORD_USE_VTN = getattr(Config(), "networking_use_vtn", False)
-
 class SyncVSGTenant(SyncInstanceUsingAnsible):
     provides=[VSGTenant]
     observes=VSGTenant
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@
         # object itself. In the case of vCPE, we need to know:
         #   1) the addresses of dnsdemux, to setup dnsmasq in the vCPE
         #   2) CDN prefixes, so we know what URLs to send to dnsdemux
-        #   3) BroadBandShield server addresses, for parental filtering
         #   4) vlan_ids, for setting up networking in the vCPE VM
 
         vcpe_service = self.get_vcpe_service(o)
@@ -118,25 +113,6 @@
 
         dnsdemux_ip = dnsdemux_ip or "none"
 
-        # Broadbandshield can either be set up internally, using vcpe_service.bbs_slice,
-        # or it can be setup externally using vcpe_service.bbs_server.
-
-        bbs_addrs = []
-        if vcpe_service.bbs_slice:
-            if vcpe_service.backend_network_label:
-                for bbs_instance in vcpe_service.bbs_slice.instances.all():
-                    for ns in bbs_instance.ports.all():
-                        if ns.ip and ns.network.labels and (vcpe_service.backend_network_label in ns.network.labels):
-                            bbs_addrs.append(ns.ip)
-            else:
-                logger.info("unsupported configuration -- bbs_slice is set, but backend_network_label is not",extra=o.tologdict())
-            if not bbs_addrs:
-                logger.info("failed to find any usable addresses on bbs_slice",extra=o.tologdict())
-        elif vcpe_service.bbs_server:
-            bbs_addrs.append(vcpe_service.bbs_server)
-        else:
-            logger.info("neither bbs_slice nor bbs_server is configured in the vCPE",extra=o.tologdict())
-
         s_tags = []
         c_tags = []
         if o.volt:
@@ -171,7 +147,6 @@
                 "docker_opts": " ".join(docker_opts),
                 "dnsdemux_ip": dnsdemux_ip,
                 "cdn_prefixes": cdn_prefixes,
-                "bbs_addrs": bbs_addrs,
                 "full_setup": full_setup,
                 "isolation": o.instance.isolation,
                 "safe_browsing_macs": safe_macs,
@@ -189,66 +164,8 @@
 
     def sync_fields(self, o, fields):
         # the super causes the playbook to be run
-
         super(SyncVSGTenant, self).sync_fields(o, fields)
 
-        # now do all of our broadbandshield stuff...
-
-        service = self.get_vcpe_service(o)
-        if not service:
-            # Ansible uses the service's keypair in order to SSH into the
-            # instance. It would be bad if the slice had no service.
-
-            raise Exception("Slice %s is not associated with a service" % instance.slice.name)
-
-        # Make sure the slice is configured properly
-        if (service != o.instance.slice.service):
-            raise Exception("Slice %s is associated with some service that is not %s" % (str(instance.slice), str(service)))
-
-        # only enable filtering if we have a subscriber object (see below)
-        url_filter_enable = False
-
-        # for attributes that come from CordSubscriberRoot
-        if o.volt and o.volt.subscriber:
-            url_filter_enable = o.volt.subscriber.url_filter_enable
-            url_filter_level = o.volt.subscriber.url_filter_level
-            url_filter_users = o.volt.subscriber.devices
-
-        if service.url_filter_kind == "broadbandshield":
-            # disable url_filter if there are no bbs_addrs
-            if url_filter_enable and (not fields.get("bbs_addrs",[])):
-                logger.info("disabling url_filter because there are no bbs_addrs",extra=o.tologdict())
-                url_filter_enable = False
-
-            if url_filter_enable:
-                bbs_hostname = None
-                if service.bbs_api_hostname and service.bbs_api_port:
-                    bbs_hostname = service.bbs_api_hostname
-                else:
-                    # TODO: extract from slice
-                    bbs_hostname = "cordcompute01.onlab.us"
-
-                if service.bbs_api_port:
-                    bbs_port = service.bbs_api_port
-                else:
-                    bbs_port = 8018
-
-                if not bbs_hostname:
-                    logger.info("broadbandshield is not configured",extra=o.tologdict())
-                else:
-                    tStart = time.time()
-                    bbs = BBS(o.bbs_account, "123", bbs_hostname, bbs_port)
-                    bbs.sync(url_filter_level, url_filter_users)
-
-                    if o.hpc_client_ip:
-                        logger.info("associate account %s with ip %s" % (o.bbs_account, o.hpc_client_ip),extra=o.tologdict())
-                        bbs.associate(o.hpc_client_ip)
-                    else:
-                        logger.info("no hpc_client_ip to associate",extra=o.tologdict())
-
-                    logger.info("bbs update time %d" % int(time.time()-tStart),extra=o.tologdict())
-
-
     def run_playbook(self, o, fields):
         ansible_hash = hashlib.md5(repr(sorted(fields.items()))).hexdigest()
         quick_update = (o.last_ansible_hash == ansible_hash)
@@ -257,12 +174,10 @@
             logger.info("quick_update triggered; skipping ansible recipe",extra=o.tologdict())
         else:
             if o.instance.isolation in ["container", "container_vm"]:
+                raise Exception("probably not implemented")
                 super(SyncVSGTenant, self).run_playbook(o, fields, "sync_vcpetenant_new.yaml")
             else:
-                if CORD_USE_VTN:
-                    super(SyncVSGTenant, self).run_playbook(o, fields, template_name="sync_vcpetenant_vtn.yaml")
-                else:
-                    super(SyncVSGTenant, self).run_playbook(o, fields)
+                super(SyncVSGTenant, self).run_playbook(o, fields, template_name="sync_vcpetenant_vtn.yaml")
 
         o.last_ansible_hash = ansible_hash