diff --git a/tools/virt-pki-validate.in b/tools/virt-pki-validate.in
index c91f247ba5..c77daa9862 100644
--- a/tools/virt-pki-validate.in
+++ b/tools/virt-pki-validate.in
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ echo Found "$CERTOOL"
 #
 SYSCONFDIR="@sysconfdir@"
 PKI="$SYSCONFDIR/pki"
-INITCONFDIR="@initconfdir@"
 if [ ! -d "$PKI" ]
 then
     echo the $PKI directory is missing, it is usually
@@ -293,31 +292,4 @@ else
     SERVER=0
 fi
 
-if [ "$SERVER" = "1" ]
-then
-    if [ -r "$INITCONFDIR"/libvirtd ]
-    then
-        if grep "^LIBVIRTD_ARGS.*--listen" "$INITCONFDIR"/libvirtd \
-            >/dev/null 2>&1
-        then
-            :
-        else
-            echo Make sure "$INITCONFDIR"/libvirtd is setup to listen to
-            echo TCP/IP connections and restart the libvirtd service
-        fi
-    fi
-    if [ -r "$INITCONFDIR"/iptables ]
-    then
-        if grep "$PORT" "$INITCONFDIR"/iptables >/dev/null 2>&1
-        then
-            :
-        else
-            echo Make sure "$INITCONFDIR"/iptables is setup to allow
-            echo incoming TCP/IP connections on port $PORT and
-            echo restart the iptables service
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
-
 exit 0