diff --git a/cloud/misc/virt_pool.py b/cloud/misc/virt_pool.py
index 12cd85a07e8..dbe173567c8 100644
--- a/cloud/misc/virt_pool.py
+++ b/cloud/misc/virt_pool.py
@@ -202,13 +202,7 @@ class LibvirtConnection(object):
 
         self.module = module
 
-        cmd = "uname -r"
-        rc, stdout, stderr = self.module.run_command(cmd)
-
-        if "xen" in stdout:
-            conn = libvirt.open(None)
-        else:
-            conn = libvirt.open(uri)
+        conn = libvirt.open(uri)
 
         if not conn:
             raise Exception("hypervisor connection failure")