diff --git a/xenmgr/Main.hs b/xenmgr/Main.hs
index b7a4edf7..a33a6021 100644
--- a/xenmgr/Main.hs
+++ b/xenmgr/Main.hs
@@ -233,20 +233,13 @@ periodics xm_context rpccontext =
     -- The list of actions we run periodically
     actions =
         [
-         (30000, checkStorage),(30000, void $ rpc rpccontext (hostMonitorIdleness xm_context) )-- every 30 secs checks amount of free space on storage partition and idle time of host
+         (30000, checkStorage)-- every 30 secs checks amount of free space on storage partition
         ]
 
     checkStorage = do
       rpc rpccontext hostCheckFreeStorage
       return ()
 
-hostMonitorIdleness :: XmContext -> Rpc ()
-hostMonitorIdleness xm_context = do
-    idle_time <- fromIntegral <$> inputGetIdleTime
-    idle_time_threshold <- appIdleTimeThreshold
-    when (idle_time_threshold /= 0 && idle_time >= idle_time_threshold ) $
-      runXM xm_context hostSleep
-
 exposeStuff :: XM ()
 exposeStuff = do
     testingCtx <- liftIO $ testingCreateContext
diff --git a/xenmgr/XenMgr/Config.hs b/xenmgr/XenMgr/Config.hs
index 8afe5dcd..228c7597 100644
--- a/xenmgr/XenMgr/Config.hs
+++ b/xenmgr/XenMgr/Config.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ module XenMgr.Config
                  , appSvmAutoStartDelay
                  , appOverwriteServiceVmSettings
                  , appXcDiagTimeout
-                 , appIdleTimeThreshold
                  , appArgoHostsFile
                  , appMultiGpuPt
                  , appSeamlessTrafficDefault
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ module XenMgr.Config
                  , appSetSvmAutoStartDelay
                  , appSetOverwriteServiceVmSettings
                  , appSetXcDiagTimeout
-                 , appSetIdleTimeThreshold
                  , appSetArgoHostsFile
                  , appSetPlatformCryptoKeyDirs
                  , appConfigurableSaveChangesAcrossReboots
@@ -169,15 +167,6 @@ appXcDiagTimeout =
 appSetXcDiagTimeout :: Int -> Rpc ()
 appSetXcDiagTimeout to = dbWrite "/xenmgr/xc-diag-timeout" to
 
--- defaults to 0s
-appIdleTimeThreshold :: Rpc Int
-appIdleTimeThreshold =
-    dbMaybeRead "/xenmgr/idle-time-threshold" >>= return . fromMaybe 0
-
-appSetIdleTimeThreshold :: Int -> Rpc ()
-appSetIdleTimeThreshold to = dbWrite "/xenmgr/idle-time-threshold" to
-
-
 -- Should we be updating /etc/hosts with argo addresses. defaults to true
 appArgoHostsFile :: Rpc Bool
 appArgoHostsFile = dbMaybeRead "/xenmgr/argo-hosts-file" >>= return . fromMaybe True
diff --git a/xenmgr/XenMgr/Connect/InputDaemon.hs b/xenmgr/XenMgr/Connect/InputDaemon.hs
index 64fa9fe5..18589aa1 100644
--- a/xenmgr/XenMgr/Connect/InputDaemon.hs
+++ b/xenmgr/XenMgr/Connect/InputDaemon.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ module XenMgr.Connect.InputDaemon (
                        , inputAuthSetContextFlags
                        , inputOnSignal
                        , inputGetFocusedDomainID
-                       , inputGetIdleTime
                        , inputSwitchFocus
                        , inputLock
                        , inputUpdateSeamlessMouseSettings
@@ -85,10 +84,3 @@ inputDaemon =
     Proxy inputDaemonObj $ fromString "com.citrix.xenclient.input"
   where
     inputDaemonObj = RemoteObject (fromString "com.citrix.xenclient.input") (fromString "/")
-
-inputGetIdleTime :: Rpc (Int32)
-inputGetIdleTime = call comCitrixXenclientInputGetIdleTime
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/xenmgr/XenMgr/Expose/XenmgrObject.hs b/xenmgr/XenMgr/Expose/XenmgrObject.hs
index 2aa07b9f..6ed410f4 100644
--- a/xenmgr/XenMgr/Expose/XenmgrObject.hs
+++ b/xenmgr/XenMgr/Expose/XenmgrObject.hs
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ implementation xm testingCtx =
   , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigGetBypassSha1sumChecks = appBypassSha1SumChecks
   , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigGetXcDiagTimeout = fromIntegral <$> appXcDiagTimeout
   , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigSetXcDiagTimeout = \t -> appSetXcDiagTimeout (fromIntegral t) >> cc
-  , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigUiGetIdleTimeThreshold = fromIntegral <$> appIdleTimeThreshold
-  , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigUiSetIdleTimeThreshold = \t -> appSetIdleTimeThreshold (fromIntegral t) >> cc
+  , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigUiGetIdleTimeThreshold = return 0
+  , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigUiSetIdleTimeThreshold = \t -> return () >> cc
   , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigGetPlatformCryptoKeyDirs = appGetPlatformCryptoKeyDirs
   , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigSetPlatformCryptoKeyDirs = \v -> appSetPlatformCryptoKeyDirs v >> cc
   , comCitrixXenclientXenmgrConfigGetGuestOnlyNetworking = appGetGuestOnlyNetworking