diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/pollsters/__init__.py b/ceilometer/compute/pollsters/__init__.py
index 579a60db1a..f33602708a 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/pollsters/__init__.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/pollsters/__init__.py
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ from ceilometer.compute.virt import inspector as virt_inspector
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class BaseComputePollster(plugin_base.PollsterBase):
 
-    def setup_environment(self):
-        super(BaseComputePollster, self).setup_environment()
-        # propagate exception from check_sanity
-        self.inspector.check_sanity()
-
     @property
     def inspector(self):
         try:
diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/virt/inspector.py b/ceilometer/compute/virt/inspector.py
index dfbe09e1e8..3ab69dce76 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/virt/inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/virt/inspector.py
@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@ class NoDataException(InspectorException):
     pass
 
 
-class NoSanityException(InspectorException):
-    pass
-
-
 # Main virt inspector abstraction layering over the hypervisor API.
 #
 class Inspector(object):
@@ -227,14 +223,6 @@ class Inspector(object):
     def __init__(self, conf):
         self.conf = conf
 
-    def check_sanity(self):
-        """Check the sanity of hypervisor inspector.
-
-        Each subclass could overwrite it to throw any exception
-        when detecting mis-configured inspector
-        """
-        pass
-
     def inspect_cpus(self, instance):
         """Inspect the CPU statistics for an instance.
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py b/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
index 44310a9531..6b5230c06c 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ class LibvirtInspector(virt_inspector.Inspector):
 
         return self._connection
 
-    def check_sanity(self):
-        if not self.connection:
-            raise virt_inspector.NoSanityException()
-
     @retry_on_disconnect
     def _lookup_by_uuid(self, instance):
         instance_name = util.instance_name(instance)
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/agent/test_manager.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/agent/test_manager.py
index 2544915edf..06a98839c1 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/agent/test_manager.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/agent/test_manager.py
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ class TestPollsterBuilder(agentbase.TestPollster):
         return [('builder1', cls(conf)), ('builder2', cls(conf))]
 
 
-@mock.patch('ceilometer.compute.pollsters.'
-            'BaseComputePollster.setup_environment',
-            mock.Mock(return_value=None))
 class TestManager(base.BaseTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestManager, self).setUp()
@@ -245,9 +242,6 @@ class TestRunTasks(agentbase.BaseAgentManagerTestCase):
             timestamp=agentbase.default_test_data.timestamp,
             resource_metadata=agentbase.default_test_data.resource_metadata)
 
-    @mock.patch('ceilometer.compute.pollsters.'
-                'BaseComputePollster.setup_environment',
-                mock.Mock(return_value=None))
     def create_manager(self):
         return manager.AgentManager(0, self.CONF)
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
index 6055c519fb..b922e5ee5b 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
@@ -473,25 +473,3 @@ class TestLibvirtInspectionWithError(base.BaseTestCase):
     def test_inspect_unknown_error(self):
         self.assertRaises(virt_inspector.InspectorException,
                           self.inspector.inspect_cpus, 'foo')
-
-
-class TestLibvirtInitWithError(base.BaseTestCase):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestLibvirtInitWithError, self).setUp()
-        self.CONF = self.useFixture(fixture_config.Config()).conf
-        self.inspector = libvirt_inspector.LibvirtInspector(self.CONF)
-        libvirt_inspector.libvirt = mock.Mock()
-
-    def test_init_error(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(libvirt_inspector.libvirt,
-                               'openReadOnly',
-                               return_value=None):
-            self.assertRaises(virt_inspector.NoSanityException,
-                              self.inspector.check_sanity)
-
-    def test_init_exception(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(libvirt_inspector.libvirt,
-                               'openReadOnly',
-                               side_effect=ImportError):
-            self.assertRaises(ImportError, self.inspector.check_sanity)