diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/lookup_plugins/pipe_once.py b/lib/ansible/runner/lookup_plugins/pipe_once.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb320a47132..00000000000
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/lookup_plugins/pipe_once.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# (c) 2012, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible 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
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible 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 Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import subprocess
-from ansible import utils, errors
-
-CACHE = {}
-
-class LookupModule(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, basedir=None, **kwargs):
-        self.basedir = basedir
-
-    def run(self, terms, **kwargs):
-
-
-        if isinstance(terms, basestring):
-            terms = [ terms ]
-        ret = []
-        for term in terms:
-            if term in CACHE:
-                ret.append(CACHE.get(term))
-                continue
-            p = subprocess.Popen(term, cwd=self.basedir, shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-            (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
-            if p.returncode == 0:
-                result = stdout.strip()
-                CACHE[term] = result
-                ret.append(result)
-            else:
-                raise errors.AnsibleError("lookup_plugin.pipe(%s) returned %d" % (term, p.returncode))
-        return ret