diff --git a/check_haproxy_status b/check_haproxy_status
index df5d4425fb665c3f9b1c49ba2b4e86c79d01dd42..b147b99a2999941a40ae5d7885785468ea82be6b 100755
--- a/check_haproxy_status
+++ b/check_haproxy_status
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ tmpfile=/tmp/check_haproxy_status_$$
 tmpfile2=/tmp/check_haproxy_status2_$$
 tmpfileping=/tmp/check_haproxy_status3_$$
 
-
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # pre checks
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -170,21 +168,21 @@ do
   echo -n "${srv} - ${val} "
 
   # v1.3: if it is a servername then ping to it
-  echo ${srv} | grep "^[a-z0-9\-\.]" >/dev/null
-  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-          ping -c 1 ${srv} >$tmpfileping
-          grep "\ 0%\ packet\ loss" $tmpfileping >/dev/null
-          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "- Ping OK"
-          else
-            echo "- Ping FAILED"
-            cat $tmpfileping
-            test "`ph.status`" = "OK" && ph.setStatus "warning"
-          fi
-          rm -f $tmpfileping
-  else
-          echo
-  fi
+  # echo ${srv} | grep "^[a-z0-9\-\.]" >/dev/null
+  # if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  #         ping -c 1 ${srv} >$tmpfileping
+  #         grep "\ 0%\ packet\ loss" $tmpfileping >/dev/null
+  #         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  #           echo "- Ping OK"
+  #         else
+  #           echo "- Ping FAILED"
+  #           cat $tmpfileping
+  #           test "`ph.status`" = "OK" && ph.setStatus "warning"
+  #         fi
+  #         rm -f $tmpfileping
+  # else
+  #         echo
+  # fi
 
   # performance data: send summary only
   # echo ${srv} | egrep "(FRONTEND|BACKEND)" >/dev/null && ph.perfadd "${label}" "${val}"