diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/aws-hosts.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/aws-hosts.cfg.j2
index 18cc54aff2..9b56238f0b 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/aws-hosts.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/aws-hosts.cfg.j2
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ define host {
 {% else %}
    address                 {{ host }}
 {% endif %}
-{% if hostvars[host]['vmhost'] is defined %}
-   parents                 {{ hostvars[host]['vmhost'] }}
-{% elif hostvars[host].datacenter is defined %}
-   parents                 internetx-gw
-{% endif %}
 }
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}