diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
index 78c1a28c8..2f73c979e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
@@ -873,14 +873,15 @@ sub get_hostview {
     $subargs{filter}={'name' =~ qr/localhost(?:\.|\z)/};
     $view = $args{conn}->find_entity_view(%subargs);
     if ($view) { return $view; }
+    return undef; #rest of function should be obsoleted, going to run with that assumption for 2.5 at least
     $subargs{filter}={'name' =~ qr/.*/};
-    foreach (@{$args{conn}->find_entity_views(%subargs)}) {
-       my $view = $_;
-       if ($_->name =~ /$host(?:\.|\z)/ or $_->name =~ /localhost(?:\.|\z)/ or grep { $view->name =~ /$_(?:\.|\z)/ } @matchvalues) {
-           return $view;
-           last;
-       }
-    }
+#   foreach (@{$args{conn}->find_entity_views(%subargs)}) {
+#      my $view = $_;
+#      if ($_->name =~ /$host(?:\.|\z)/ or $_->name =~ /localhost(?:\.|\z)/ or grep { $view->name =~ /$_(?:\.|\z)/ } @matchvalues) {
+#          return $view;
+#          last;
+#      }
+#   }
 }
 sub enable_vmotion {
 #TODO: vmware 3.x semantics too?  this is 4.0...