diff --git a/xos/monitor/__init__.py b/xos/monitor/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6debf82..0000000
--- a/xos/monitor/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from xos.settings import STATISTICS_DRIVER
-
-if (STATISTICS_DRIVER=="ceilometer"):
-    from observer import ceilometer
-    driver = ceilometer.CeilometerDriver()
-elif (not STATISTICS_DRIVER) or (STATISTICS_DRIVER.lower() == "none"):
-    # disabled
-    driver = None
-else:
-    driver = None
-    print "WARNING: Unknown statistics driver %s" % STATISTICS_DRIVER