diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/xcatDBcmds b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/xcatDBcmds
index 85bea7581..96266962c 100755
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/xcatDBcmds
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/xcatDBcmds
@@ -62,57 +62,5 @@ foreach (@ARGV)
     push(@{$cmdref->{arg}}, $_);
 }
 
-
-#
-#  We need to see if a noderange was provided on the command line
-#  - the command line could be flags(options) -> noderange -> attr=val pairs
-#  - the noderange is used by xCAT remote access support infrastructure
-#  	so we need to set it now
-#
-
-use Getopt::Long;
-
-# Allows opts to be grouped (e.g. -avx)
-Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
-
-# parse the options
-if (
-        !GetOptions(
-                    'all|a'     => \$::opt_a,
-                    'dynamic|d' => \$::opt_d,
-                    'f|force'   => \$::opt_f,
-                    'i=s'       => \$::opt_i,
-                    'help|h'    => \$::opt_h,
-                    'long|l'    => \$::opt_l,
-                    'm|minus'   => \$::opt_m,
-                    'o=s'       => \$::opt_o,
-                    'r|replace' => \$::opt_r,
-                    't=s'       => \$::opt_t,
-					'update|u'  => \$::opt_u,
-                    'verbose|V' => \$::opt_V,
-                    'version|v' => \$::opt_v,
-                    'w=s'       => \$::opt_w,
-                    'x|xml'     => \$::opt_x,
-                    'z|stanza'  => \$::opt_z
-    )
-  )
-{
-    return 1;
-}
-
-#  a node range would be the next arg - but not if it contains an "=" sign
-#	- then it would be an attr=val operand
-my $arg = shift(@ARGV);
-if (!($arg =~ /=/))
-{
-	# only set the noderange if it was a type of node or the type
-	#	wasn't specified.
-	if (!$::opt_t || ($::opt_t eq 'node')) {
-   		$cmdref->{noderange}->[0] = $arg;
-	}
-
-}
-
-
 xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref,\&xCAT::Client::handle_response);
 exit $xCAT::Client::EXITCODE;