diff --git a/definitions/pacemaker_vip_primitive.rb b/definitions/pacemaker_vip_primitive.rb
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index 5723c5e..0000000
--- a/definitions/pacemaker_vip_primitive.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-define :pacemaker_vip_primitive, :cb_network => nil, :hostname => nil, :domain => nil, :op => nil do
-  network = params[:cb_network]
-  net_db = data_bag_item('crowbar', "#{network}_network")
-  raise "#{network}_network data bag missing?!" unless net_db
-  fqdn = "#{params[:hostname]}.#{params[:domain]}"
-  unless net_db["allocated_by_name"][fqdn]
-    raise "Missing allocation for #{fqdn} in #{network} network"
-  end
-  ip_addr = net_db["allocated_by_name"][fqdn]["address"]
-
-  primitive_name = "vip-#{params[:cb_network]}-#{params[:hostname]}"
-
-  # Allow one retry, to avoid races where two nodes create the primitive at the
-  # same time when it wasn't created yet (only one can obviously succeed)
-  pacemaker_primitive primitive_name do
-    agent "ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2"
-    params ({
-      "ip" => ip_addr,
-    })
-    op params[:op]
-    action :create
-    retries 1
-    retry_delay 5
-  end
-
-  # we return the primitive name so that the caller can use it as part of a
-  # pacemaker group if desired
-  primitive_name
-end