diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 792b259144a..b82a18d3d3e 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -90,26 +90,6 @@ class Cli(object):
 
         pattern = args[0]
 
-        """
-        inventory_manager = inventory.Inventory(options.inventory)
-        if options.subset:
-            inventory_manager.subset(options.subset)
-        hosts = inventory_manager.list_hosts(pattern)
-        if len(hosts) == 0:
-            callbacks.display("No hosts matched", stderr=True)
-            sys.exit(0)
-
-        if options.listhosts:
-            for host in hosts:
-                callbacks.display('    %s' % host)
-            sys.exit(0)
-
-        if ((options.module_name == 'command' or options.module_name == 'shell')
-                and not options.module_args):
-            callbacks.display("No argument passed to %s module" % options.module_name, color='red', stderr=True)
-            sys.exit(1)
-        """
-
         sshpass = None
         sudopass = None
         su_pass = None