diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/funcd.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/funcd.py
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--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/funcd.py
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@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-# Based on local.py (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
-# Based on chroot.py (c) 2013, Maykel Moya <mmoya@speedyrails.com>
-# (c) 2013, Michael Scherer <misc@zarb.org>
-#
-# 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/>.
-
-# ---
-# The func transport permit to use ansible over func. For people who have already setup
-# func and that wish to play with ansible, this permit to move gradually to ansible
-# without having to redo completely the setup of the network.
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-HAVE_FUNC=False
-try:
-    import func.overlord.client as fc
-    HAVE_FUNC=True
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-import os
-from ansible.callbacks import vvv
-from ansible import errors
-import tempfile
-import shutil
-
-
-class Connection(object):
-    ''' Func-based connections '''
-
-    def __init__(self, runner, host, port, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.runner = runner
-        self.host = host
-        self.has_pipelining = False
-        # port is unused, this go on func
-        self.port = port
-
-    def connect(self, port=None):
-        if not HAVE_FUNC:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("func is not installed")
-
-        self.client = fc.Client(self.host)
-        return self
-
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, become_user=None, sudoable=False,
-                     executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
-        ''' run a command on the remote minion '''
-
-        if in_data:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
-
-        # totally ignores privlege escalation
-        vvv("EXEC %s" % (cmd), host=self.host)
-        p = self.client.command.run(cmd)[self.host]
-        return (p[0], p[1], p[2])
-
-    def _normalize_path(self, path, prefix):
-        if not path.startswith(os.path.sep):
-            path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, path)
-        normpath = os.path.normpath(path)
-        return os.path.join(prefix, normpath[1:])
-
-    def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        ''' transfer a file from local to remote '''
-
-        out_path = self._normalize_path(out_path, '/')
-        vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
-        self.client.local.copyfile.send(in_path, out_path)
-
-    def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        ''' fetch a file from remote to local '''
-
-        in_path = self._normalize_path(in_path, '/')
-        vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
-        # need to use a tmp dir due to difference of semantic for getfile
-        # ( who take a # directory as destination) and fetch_file, who
-        # take a file directly
-        tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="func_ansible")
-        self.client.local.getfile.get(in_path, tmpdir)
-        shutil.move(os.path.join(tmpdir, self.host, os.path.basename(in_path)),
-                    out_path)
-        shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
-
-    def close(self):
-        ''' terminate the connection; nothing to do here '''
-        pass