diff --git a/onos-build-vm.py b/onos-build-vm.py
index e54041d..e2cb4f2 100755
--- a/onos-build-vm.py
+++ b/onos-build-vm.py
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
     #vm.expect( prompt, timeout=1200 )
   
      
-    vm.sendline('ssh 127.0.0.1')
-    vm.expect('.*connecting (yes/no)?')
-    vm.sendline('yes')
-    vm.expect(prompt, timeout=30)
-    vm.sendline('exit')
+    #vm.sendline('ssh 127.0.0.1')
+    #vm.expect('.*connecting (yes/no)?')
+    #vm.sendline('yes')
+    #vm.expect(prompt, timeout=30)
+    #vm.sendline('exit')
     
-    vm.expect( prompt, timeout=1200 )
+    #vm.expect( prompt, timeout=1200 )
    
     url = 'https://gerrit.onosproject.org/gitweb?p=onos-vm.git;a=blob_plain;hb=refs/heads/onos-tutorial;f=onos-setup-lxc.sh'
     vm.sendline( ' wget -O onos-setup-lxc.sh "%s" | bash' % url ) # space prefix is used to avoid entry in history