diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
index 38741b90a..32868f6fd 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
@@ -2349,71 +2349,6 @@ sub getNodeAttribs
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-=head3 getNodeSpecAttribs
-    Description: Retrieves the requested attributes which matching the specified options for a node
-    Arguments:
-        Noderange
-        The specified options
-        List of attributes 
-    Return:
-        Attribute hash 
-    Example:
-        my $tab = xCAT::Table->new('ppcdirect');
-        my $ent = $tab->getNodeSpecAttribs($node, {username=>'HMC'}, qw/password/); 
-    Comments:
-        The keys of the specified options can be given in the list of attributes or not, 
-        this routine will deal with them.
-=cut
-
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#sub getNodeSpecAttribs {
-#    my $self = shift;
-#    my $node = shift;
-#    my %options = ();
-#    my @attribs = ();
-#    my @keys = ();
-#    if (ref $_[0] eq 'HASH') {
-#        %options = %{shift()};
-#        @attribs = @_;
-#        foreach my $key (keys %options) {
-#            if (!grep(/^$key$/, @attribs)) {
-#                push @attribs, $key;
-#            }
-#        }
-#    } else {
-#        @attribs = @_;
-#    }
-#    if ((keys (%options)) == 0) {
-#        my $ent = $self->getNodeAttribs($node, \@attribs);
-#        return $ent; 
-#    } else {
-#        my $nodekey = "node";
-#        if (defined $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$self->{tabname}}->{nodecol}) {
-#            $nodekey = $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$self->{tabname}}->{nodecol};
-#        }
-#        $options{$nodekey} = $node;
-#        my $ent = $self->getAttribs(\%options, \@attribs);
-#        if ($ent) {
-#            return $ent;
-#        }
-#        my ($nodeghash) = $self->{nodelist}->getAttribs({node=>$node}, "groups");
-#        unless(defined($nodeghash) && defined($nodeghash->{groups})) {
-#            return undef;
-#        }
-#        my @nodegroups = split(/,/, $nodeghash->{groups});
-#        foreach my $group (@nodegroups) {
-#            $options{$nodekey} = $group;
-#            my $g_ret = $self->getAttribs(\%options, \@attribs);
-#            if ($g_ret) {
-#                return $g_ret;
-#            }
-#        }
-#    }
-#    return undef;
-#}
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 =head3 getNodeAttribs_nosub
 
     Description: