diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_sliver_ips.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_sliver_ips.py
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--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_sliver_ips.py
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import base64
-from django.db.models import F, Q
-from planetstack.config import Config
-from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
-from core.models.sliver import Sliver
-from util.logger import Logger, logging
-
-logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
-
-class SyncSliverIps(OpenStackSyncStep):
-    provides=[Sliver]
-    requested_interval=0
-
-    def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
-        return [] # XXX smbaker - disabling this sync_step, since sliver.ip is obsoleted by sync_network_slivers()
-
-        # Not supported yet
-        if (deleted):
-            return []
-        slivers = Sliver.objects.filter(ip=None)
-        return slivers
-
-    def sync_record(self, sliver):
-        driver = self.driver.client_driver(tenant=sliver.slice.name,
-                                           deployment=sliver.node.deployment.name)
-        servers = driver.shell.nova.servers.findall(id=sliver.instance_id)
-        if not servers:
-            return
-        server = servers[0]
-
-        # First try to grab the dedicated public address
-        # NOTE: "ext-net" is hardcoded here.
-        ip = None
-        ext_net_addrs = server.addresses.get("ext-net")
-        if ext_net_addrs:
-            ip = ext_net_addrs[0]["addr"]
-
-        # If there was no public address, then grab the first address in the
-        # list.
-        if not ip:
-            if server.addresses:
-                addrs = server.addresses.values()[0]
-                if addrs:
-                    ip = addrs[0]["addr"]
-
-        if ip and ip!=sliver.ip:
-            sliver.ip = ip
-            sliver.save()
-            logger.info("saved sliver ip: %s %s" % (sliver, ip))